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Now, Factuality and Conditio Humana

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The relationship between inner and outer time is discussed. Inner time is intrinsically future directed and possesses the quality of a distinguished “now.” Both of these qualities get lost in the operationalized external physical time, which, advancing towards more fundamental physics, tends to become more similar to space and even fade away as a fundamental notion. However, inner time as a constitutive feature of human existence holds its place in the heart of quantum theory and thermodynamics.

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    Originally it was called “Weak Quantum Theory,” but this led to misunderstanding by non-mathematicians. Admittedly, the term “Generalized Quantum Theory” is somewhat unspecific and equivocal and has been used in different senses by other authors.

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    In physical quantum theory, as opposed to GQT, entropy is not an observable in the technical sense.

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Römer, H. (2015). Now, Factuality and Conditio Humana. In: von Müller, A., Filk, T. (eds) Re-Thinking Time at the Interface of Physics and Philosophy. On Thinking, vol 4. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10446-1_12

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