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Chronosophy
Chronosophy is the neologism, neologistic designation given by scholar J.T. Fraser, Julius Thomas (J.T.) Fraser to "the interdisciplinary and normative study of time ''sui generis''." Overview Etymology Fraser derived the term from the Ancient Greek: χρόνος, ''chronos'', "time" and σοφία, ''Sophia (wisdom), sophia'', "wisdom". ''Chronosophia'' is thus defined as the "specific human skill or knowledge . . . pertaining to time . . . [which] all men seem to possess to some degree . . .". Purpose Fraser outlined the purpose of the discipline of chronosophy in five intentions, as follows: # to encourage the search for new knowledge related to time; # to set up and apply criteria regarding which fields of knowledge contribute to an understanding of time, and what they may contribute; # to assist in epistemological studies, especially in those related to the structure of knowledge; # to provoke communication between the humanities and the sciences using time as the comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julius Thomas Fraser
Julius Thomas Fraser (May 7, 1923 – November 20, 2010) was a Hungarian-born American author who made important scholarly contributions to the interdisciplinary Study of Time and was a founding member of the International Society for the Study of Time (ISST). He was the editor of the seminal volume Voices of Time - A Cooperative Survey of Man's Views of Time as Expressed by the Sciences and by the Humanities (1966) and founding editor of ''KronoScope Journal'' in the Study of Time. His work has strongly influenced thinking about the nature of time across the disciplines from physics to sociology, biology to comparative religion, and he was a seminal figure in the general interdisciplinary study of temporality. His work has influenced the work of poet Frederick Turner and author David Mitchell. Biography Born and raised in Hungary, Fraser was not drafted into the military on account of his partial Jewish heritage. Following the Second World War, he emigrated to the United Stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |