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On Clocks, Models and Metaphors

Understanding the Klepsydra Model

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Multidisciplinary Aspects of Time and Time Perception

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In the present paper, the rôle of metaphors and models in scientific theories is discussed, with particular focus on the klepsydraic model of internal time representation and on the ‘internal clock model’. The conceptual background and the basic principles of the klepsydraic model are explained, and its non-computational character is emphasized.

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    Argiro Vatakis

  2. Dept. of Psychology and IIASS, International Institute for Advanced Scientific Studies, Second University of Naples, Vietri sul Mare, SA, Italy

    Anna Esposito

  3. Institute for Language and Speech Processing, Athens, Greece

    Maria Giagkou

  4. UCD School of Computer Science and Informatics, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland

    Fred Cummins

  5. Department of Music Studies, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, University Campus, 54124, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Georgios Papadelis

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Wackermann, J. (2011). On Clocks, Models and Metaphors. In: Vatakis, A., Esposito, A., Giagkou, M., Cummins, F., Papadelis, G. (eds) Multidisciplinary Aspects of Time and Time Perception. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 6789. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21478-3_19

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