论文标题
时间为变化
Time as Change
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论文摘要
根据亚里士多德的说法：“时间是相对于之前和之后的变化数”。这当然是一个模糊的概念，但与此同时，从哲学的角度来看，它既简单又令人满意：事情不会随着时间的流逝而改变，但是它们确实改变了，这种变化的测量就是我们所说的时间。这剥夺了时间的任何实质性属性，同时将其剥夺了将时间属性定义为物质的所有问题。随着古典力学的兴起，亚里士多德的观点被放弃了，牛顿的“真实”概念和绝对时间施加了自己。时间独立于任何形式的变化。然后，相对论将从根本上修改我们的时间概念，但实际上不会改变基本的想法：事情随着时间的流逝而不断变化 - 变化不会带来时间。这项工作将论证亚里士多德的论文，表明这种方法如何自动导致特殊相对论的原则。一个有趣的后果，至少实际上，可以测量的结果也将被突出显示：不可能精确地同步两个时钟，这一事实是不可能的，估计了这种比例尺约为$ 10^{-22} $ s。
According to Aristotle "time is the number of change with respect to the before and after". That's certainly a vague concept, but at the same time it's both simple and satisfying from a philosophical point of view: things do not change along time, but they do change and the measurement of such changes is what we call time. This deprives time of any attribute of substantiality, meanwhile depriving it of all problems in defining the properties of time as a substance. With the rise of Classical Mechanics, Aristotle's view is abandoned and Newton's concept of "true" and absolute time imposes itself; time flows independently on changes of any kind. Relativity will then radically modify our concept of time, but won't actually modify the fundamental idea: things keep changing along time -- changes do not make time. This work will argue Aristotle's thesis, showing how such an approach automatically leads to the principles of Special Relativity. An interesting consequence and, at least virtually, measurable will also be highlighted: the fact that synchronizing two clocks with a precision greater than a certain scale is impossible, estimating such scale around $10^{-22}$s.
