Time Time is what clocks measure. The three key features of time are that it orders events in sequence one after the other; it specifies how long any event lasts; and it specifies when events occur. Yet despite 2,500 years of investigating time, many issues about it are unresolved. Here is a list of the […].

Frequently Asked Questions This supplement provides background information about many of the topics discussed in both the main Time article and its companion article What Else Science Requires of Time. It is not intended that this article be read in order by section number. Table of Contents What Are Durations, Instants, Moments, and Points of … Continue reading Time Supplement →.

This chapter examines the contribution of philosopher Isaac Newton to early modern British philosophy, whose work, it suggests, can be divided into several stages. These include his works on mathematics in the 1660s, experimental optics in the 1670s, natural philosophy and the publication of his Principia mathematica in the 1680s, and his friendship and philosophical exchanges with other philosophers, including John Locke, G.W. Leibniz, and Richard Bentley in the 1690s. The chapter also highlights the influence of Locke and Francis Bacon (...) on the works of Newton. (shrink)