Department of Psychology, University of Umeå Umeå, Sweden.
Front Psychol. 2015 Mar 11;6:259. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00259. eCollection 2015.
In this article I discuss abstract or pure time versus the content of time, (i.e., events, activities, and other goings-on). Or, more specifically, the utility of these two sorts of time in time-keeping or temporal organization. It is often assumed that abstract, uniform, and objective time is a universal physical entity out there, which humans may perceive of. However, this sort of evenly flowing time was only recently introduced to the human community, together with the mechanical clock. Before the introduction of mechanical clock-time, there were only events available to denote the extent of time. Events defined time, unlike the way time may define events in our present day culture. It is therefore conceivable that our primeval or natural mode of time-keeping involves the perception, estimation, and coordination of events. I find it likely that events continues to subserve our sense of time and time-keeping efforts, especially for children who have not yet mastered the use of clock-time. Instead of seeing events as a distraction to our perception of time, I suggest that our experience and understanding of time emerges from our perception of events.
在本文中，我讨论了抽象或纯粹的时间与时间的内容（即事件、活动和其他发生的事情）。或者更具体地说，这两种时间在计时或时间组织中的作用。人们通常认为，抽象的、均匀的、客观的时间是一种普遍的物理实体，人类可以感知到它。然而，这种均匀流动的时间是最近才被引入人类社会的，与机械钟一起被引入。在机械钟出现之前，只有事件可以用来表示时间的长短。事件定义了时间，而不像在我们现在的文化中，时间可能定义事件的方式。因此，可以想象，我们原始或自然的计时方式涉及对事件的感知、估计和协调。我认为事件很可能继续服务于我们的时间感和计时努力，尤其是对于尚未掌握使用时钟时间的儿童。我不认为事件是我们对时间的感知的干扰，而是建议我们对时间的体验和理解源自我们对事件的感知。
