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Time is often conceived of as comprising the past, the present, and the future, arranged along a straight line. This conception of time resembles that of the three spatial dimensions with the difference that whereas the direction of time is irreversible, directions in 3 -dimensional space are reversible.
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Georges Schaltenbrand: “Die biologischen Voraussetzungen der Sprache,” Munch. Med. Wochenschrift 102 (17) (1960): 817–22.
This was first postulated by Christian von Monakow in Die Lokalisation im Grosshirn (Wiesbaden: Bergmann 1914).
Georges Schaltenbrand: “Consciousness and Time,” Annals, New York Academy of Sciences, 138, Art. 2 (1963): 632–45; “Das Leib-Seele Problem,” Allgemeine Neurologie ( Stuttgart: Thieme 1969 ).
See e.g. G.J. Whitrow: The Natural Philosopby of Time ( London: Nelson 1961 ), pp. 280–3.
Albert Einstein: “Autobiographical Notes,” Albert Einste in: Philosopher Scientist, ed. P.A. Schilpp ( New York: Tudor 1951 ).
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Schaltenbrand, G. (1975). Cyclic States as Biological Space-Time Fields. In: Fraser, J.T., Lawrence, N. (eds) The Study of Time II. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-50121-0_4
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