About
Time: Between Metaphysics and Psychology is an interdisciplinary three-year project funded by the AHRC, led by Christoph Hoerl (Philosophy, Warwick) and Teresa McCormack (Psychology, Queen's University Belfast).
The aim of the project is to provide an empirically informed critical examination of the relationship between our everyday understanding of time, and time as typically understood within modern science. Philosophers often claim that there is a deep gulf between common sense and science when it comes to how each of them understands what time is. Specifically, they are assumed to involve radically different commitments regarding the metaphysics of time. The project aims to investigate the extent to which research on the psychology of time actually bears this out, or might indeed also point to ways of bridging this perceived gulf.
The project began in January 2017, and will involve two post-doctoral research fellows: one in philosophy, Alison Fernandes, and one in psychology (to be appointed in 2017). Project activities include a series of workshops, international conferences and public performances in collaboration with arts groups.
The aim of the project is to provide an empirically informed critical examination of the relationship between our everyday understanding of time, and time as typically understood within modern science. Philosophers often claim that there is a deep gulf between common sense and science when it comes to how each of them understands what time is. Specifically, they are assumed to involve radically different commitments regarding the metaphysics of time. The project aims to investigate the extent to which research on the psychology of time actually bears this out, or might indeed also point to ways of bridging this perceived gulf.
The project began in January 2017, and will involve two post-doctoral research fellows: one in philosophy, Alison Fernandes, and one in psychology (to be appointed in 2017). Project activities include a series of workshops, international conferences and public performances in collaboration with arts groups.
Project Team
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