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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Fractal Time: Why A Watched Kettle Never Boils
Book SynopsisThis book provides an interdisciplinary introduction to the notion of fractal time, starting from scratch with a philosophical and perceptual puzzle. How subjective duration varies, depending on the way we embed current content into contexts, is explained.The complexity of our temporal perspective depends on the number of nestings performed, i.e. on the number of contexts taken into account. This temporal contextualization is described against the background of the notion of fractal time. Our temporal interface, the Now, is portrayed as a fractal structure which arises from the distribution of content and contexts in two dimensions: the length and the depth of time. The leitmotif of the book is the notion of simultaneity, which determines the temporal structure of our interfaces. Recent research results are described which present and discuss a number of distorted temporal perspectives. It is suggested that dynamical diseases arise from unsuccessful nesting attempts, i.e. from failed contextualization. Successful nesting, by contrast, manifests itself in a “win-win handshake” between the observer-participant and his chosen context. The answer as to why a watched kettle never boils has repercussions in many a discipline. It would be of immense interest to anyone who works in the fields of cognitive and complexity sciences, psychology and the neurosciences, social medicine, philosophy and the arts.Table of ContentsWhen Time Slows Down; Subjective Duration; The Fractal Structure of the Now: Time's Length, Depth and Density; Fractal Temporal Perspectives; Corrective Distortions; The View from Within: In-Forming Boundaries; Contextualization: Extended Observer-Participants; Temporal Binding: Synchronizing Perceptions; Nesting Speed: Global vs Local Perspectives; Duration: Distributing Content and Context; Modifying Duration I: Nesting and De-Nesting; Modifying Duration II: Time Condensation; Defining Boundaries: Why is It Always Now?; Outlook: Here There be Dragons.;
£95.00
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Simultaneity: Temporal Structures And Observer
Book SynopsisThis book presents an interdisciplinary approach to the question of how observer-participant perspectives are generated, what constrains them and how they may be modified. These questions are of vital importance and must be addressed in any discipline before formulating a hypothesis or designing a model about reality. Both epistemological questions about the nature of temporal nested structures and practical applications of our ability to contextualize are discussed. The resulting temporal observer-participant perspectives reflect approaches to the concept of simultaneity from the viewpoints of philosophers, logicians, cyberneticists and systems theorists, mathematicians, psychologists, medical practitioners, physicists, educationists, economists and musicologists. Although the main focus is on the cognitive sciences, as constraints to observer perspectives arise primarily from this field, the book will appeal to researchers of all disciplines and interested layman readers.Trade Review"It is an exquisite book of rare insights and wide-ranging examples illuminating 'simultaneity' and the elusive 'now' ... From the lucid and enlightening prologue of Peter Weibel to the many and profound contributions of (amongst numerous others) Otto E Rossler, and guided by the acumen of the book's editors, we are taken on a timeless journey."Professor Anthony MooreAcademy of Arts & the Media, Cologne"This book is very helpful for any scientist, whether young or experienced, who works in fields dealing with the phenomenon of emergence, from fractal research to temporal structures such as nestings and synchronization. The authors succeed in painting a comprehensive picture of the concept of simultaneity from the viewpoint of various disciplines. Scientists will find new tools and ideas for their research and interested laymen will gain an insight into the state-of-the-art research."Sifis Micheloyannis, MDUniversity of Crete, GreeceTable of ContentsObserver Perspectives: Epistemological Background: Fractal Time: Extended Observer Perspectives (S Vrobel); Mirror Neurons: Evidence for the Great Simulator and Vrobelism (O E Rossler); Brain Time and Physical Time (U Fidelman); Identifying Temporal Observer Perspectives: On Time Experience in Depression (H M Emrich et al.); Ordinate Logics of Living Systems (J L R Chandler); Utilizing Fractal Time (T Marks-Tarlow); Disentangling Temporal Simultaneous Contrasts: Simultaneity in Emotional Moments (G L Clore); Application of an Endo-Perspective of Temporal Structures (L Nottale & P Timar); Modeling Common-Sense Decisions (M Zak); Synchronization: Computer Simulations as Hidden Time Ecologies (G Koehler); Anti-Flaring: How to Prevent the Market from Overheating (A P Schmidt & O E Rossler); Endonomics: Looking Behind the Economic Curtain (A P Schmidt & O E Rossler); and other papers.
£154.85
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Strong Anticipation: Compensating Delay And
Book SynopsisThis book is concerned with the notion of strong anticipation. Clearly defined necessary and sufficient conditions are laid out.The focus lies on strong anticipation as delay and distance compensation (as in temporal recalibration and synchronization of coupled systems). Of particular interest are delays which correspond to a boundary shift between a systemic whole and its context. Such boundary shifts result from assignment conditions which determine what belongs to the systemic whole and what belongs to its context. Delay and distance compensation is described, along with long-range correlations, against the background of a theory of time capable of describing anticipative systems. My Theory of Fractal Time describes anticipatory systems in terms of two temporal dimensions: succession and simultaneity, which are defined and measured in Δtdepth, Δtlength and Δtdensity. These extensions form an extended present and allow a quantified comparison of obserpants' (observer-participants') temporal interfaces. Compensated delays are revealed as phenomenal blind spots, which result in a new kind of relativity: What may be compensated for obserpant A is delayed for obserpant B.Compensated delays are ubiquitous and can be found in both cognitive and physical processes. Examples are temporal recalibration to restore degraded visuomotor adaptation, coupling environment and brain, biosemiotics and homeostatic processes, dynamical diseases, embedded and situated robots, control loops with inserted or removed delays, cellular automata, analog and digital notions of trust, transitional objects and potential spaces, our perception of time and judgement of duration. It is proposed that compensated delays emerge as natural laws.
£76.00
