In the previous essay I took a look at the break made with classical thinking and our experiential intuition by the quantum theory. Preceding the full development of the latter in the mid-1920s is the theory of relativity, largely developed by Einstein and collaborators in the period from 1905 to 1916. We will see in this essay how relativity and the new conception of spacetime breaks with classical thinking, and what the insights from these developments have to say about the nature of reality, in particular towards illuminating its holistic aspects.
An excellent essay Severin, as was the quantum mechanics one.
"Thus, it is not a case of either holding to the conception of physical time in general relativity or Bergson's experiential time as duration, but of holding to both: a coherent view of reality as a whole must account for both the physical and experiential aspects of space and time, while acknowledging the primacy of the latter"
If you find it interesting, there are mathematical formalisms where Bergson's duration and Einstein's clock time are both present as complementary in the quantum mechanical sense, unfortunately they are exceptionally difficult to work with. Recent papers by Witten and older works by Hans Primas contain examples.
An excellent essay Severin, as was the quantum mechanics one.
"Thus, it is not a case of either holding to the conception of physical time in general relativity or Bergson's experiential time as duration, but of holding to both: a coherent view of reality as a whole must account for both the physical and experiential aspects of space and time, while acknowledging the primacy of the latter"
If you find it interesting, there are mathematical formalisms where Bergson's duration and Einstein's clock time are both present as complementary in the quantum mechanical sense, unfortunately they are exceptionally difficult to work with. Recent papers by Witten and older works by Hans Primas contain examples.
Thank you very much! That would be interesting to take a look at, do you have any links handy?
It's fully delved into in Primas's monograph "Knowledge and Time" in Chapter 8-13:
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-47370-3
I'll try to find a decent free introduction.