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The sense of time
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Author
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Abstract
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| It's often claimed in the philosophical and scientific literature on temporal representation that there is no such thing as a genuine sensory system for time. In this article, I argue for the opposite-many animals, including all mammals, possess a genuine sensory system for time based in the circadian system. In arguing for this conclusion, I develop a semantics and meta-semantics for explaining how the endogenous rhythms of the circadian system provide organisms with a direct information link to the temporal structure of their environment. In doing so, I highlight the role of sensory systems in an information processing architecture. |
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Language
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English
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Source (journal)
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The British journal for the philosophy of science. - London
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Publication
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London
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2020
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ISSN
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0007-0882
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DOI
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10.1093/BJPS/AXY019
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Volume/pages
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71
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(2020)
, p. 443-469
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ISI
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000569076000003
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Full text (Publisher's DOI)
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Full text (publisher's version - intranet only)
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