Question 1: How are time and space related as distinct means of orientation?

[Cf. Elias, Pp. 93-141.]

Question 2: One definition of time is that it is that which is measured by a clock. But we use clocks to measure things as diverse as the giving of a speech, the running of a race, the boiling of an egg, the taking of a nap. What then would you describe as the nature of time according to this definition?

Question 3: What different conceptualizations of time can you come up with based on your own experience?

[Cf. All course readings and discussions to date.]

Question 4: How can you argue in favor of, or against, the independent existence of time?

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