WESSbook, Nature of Time, June 8 Meeting.

From: <[email protected]>
Date: Wed 22 May 2002 - 19:28:34 CEST

Dear Colleagues:

Following our discussion of the inadequacies of the current
hypothesis on Cosmic Evolution on May 4, 2002, we posed a list of
questions concerning the fundamental scientific issues relating to
the emergence of complexity. During these discussions, we recognized
that different individuals were proposing different concepts of time.
Later, we decided to address the concept of time at the next WESSbook
meeting, June 8, 2002. The meeting will be begin at 12:00 PM in room
284 of the Reiss Science Building on the Georgetown University
Campus. This session will be an "open mike" session.

Volunteers are sought to give presentations on current views of this
important metaphysical question.

The session will be divided into two parts, Early and Late.

Volunteers for the "Early" part are requested to submit a title and
several sentences describing their hypothesis on the nature of time.
We hope to have three of four individuals from different disciplines
who can give substantial presentations on their views.

"Late" speakers are invited to submit an email documenting their
desire to comment on the views of the "Early" speakers or to briefly
develop another perspective of time.

Free discussion will follow the early and late speakers.

In order to schedule an orderly meeting and to notify members, it is
necessary to receive your title no later than COB, Tuesday, June 4,
2002.

We will partition the four hours democratically between the longer
and the shorter talks.

An open question: Should we consider future WESSbook sessions on
other fundamental issues related to the circumstances of the
emergence of complexity, such as "space", "matter", "identity", and
"logic"?

This question is asked because WESS has been invited to present a
session at a Symposium being organized by the Washington Academy of
Sciences. The Washington Academy of Sciences symposium will be held
in March, 2004. The symposium would provide WESS members to present
their views to a wider audience.

Your comments on this proposal on the nature of time and the
potential for participation in the Washington Academy of Sciences
symposium are welcomed.

The volume of literature on "time" is huge. If you would like
guidance on relevant works on the nature of time relevant to this
WESSbook meeting, please call.

Cheers

Jerry LR Chandler

703 - 790 -1651

 

 
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