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(2009) New waves in philosophy of technology, Dordrecht, Springer.
The "reality' of time is intertwined with cosmological notions. In general, the way we tend to think about the world, including our common-sense notions and the scientific ideas we are working on, are full of metaphysical background theory. This "background' indirectly operates upon our cognitions of the world. For instance, we find that these "ideas in the background' manifest themselves as commitments in our interpretations of phenomena. One such phenomenon is time. What is this "background' that plays such a major role in committing the individual, scientists and philosophers to views that in some way or another become aspects of their theories about the world? It is evident that the further away our commitments about reality are from our experiences of it, the more indebted are our commitments to ideas and theories that claim to disclose reality without the aid of experience. These ideas and theories function not only to convince the protagonist of the legitimacy of his own endeavours, they also make him want to convince others of their truth. These ideas also function in the sense that they serve to give justification to these commitments.
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Berg Olsen, J. K. (2009)., Becoming through technology, in J. K. Berg Olsen, E. Selinger & S. Riis (eds.), New waves in philosophy of technology, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 40-61.
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