Three Concepts of Time

I. Time as a Many-Tiered Construct.- 1. The Problem Situation.- § 1. Introduction.- § 2. Constancy and Change.- § 3. Natural Processes.- 2. The Objectivity1 of Time.- § 1. Introduction.- § 2. A Minimum Vocabulary of Temporal Words.- § 3. Temporal Experience.- § 4. The Temporal Order.- §5. The Measurement of Time.- 3. The Objectivity2 of Time.- § 1. Introduction.- §2. Instants.- § 3. The Causal Theory and ‘Betweenness’.- § 4. The Objective2 Temporal Order as Based on ‘Later than’.- § 5. Is the Criterion of § 4 Adequate?.- § 6. Objective2 Time and Relativity.- § 7. Conclusion.- 4. The Problem of ‘The Present’.- § 1. The Awareness of the Present.- § 2. The A- and B-theories.- § 3. A Dialogue.- § 4. Can Quantum Theory be of any Assistance?.- § 5. The Coordinatization of Time.- § 6. A Naturalistic Viewpoint.- II. Temporal Processes.- 5. The Interplay of Chance and Causality.- § 1. Introduction.- §2. ‘Causes’.- § 3. Predictive Determinism.- § 4. Ontological Determinism.- § 5. The Time Factor.- § 6. ‘Chance’.- §7. The Amplification of Micro-Events.- 6. Thermodynamics and the Temporal Asymmetries.- § 1. Introduction.- § 2. T-Invariant Theories.- § 3. Does Entropy Change Demonstrate Temporal Anisotropy?.- § 4. Outwards Flow and Causality.- §5. Cosmological Theories.- §6. Other Asymmetries.- § 7. Conclusion.- 7. Temporal Ongoings in Biology.- § 1. Introduction.- §2. Reconciliation with Reductionism.- §3. Chance and the Organism.- § 4. What is Meant by ‘Organized’.- § 5. A Speculation About Life’s Ongoings.- 8. Time and Consciousness.- § 1. Introduction.- § 2. The Unity of Consciousness.- § 3. The Irreversibility of Mental Processes.- § 4. The Significance of Chance Events in Mental Activity.- §5. Levels of Description.- § 6. End-piece.- References.