PS 137 - Time: From Consciousness to Cosmos

Time is one of the most enigmatic aspects of our existence. What is it? How do we perceive it? How do we measure it? Does it even exist? This course examines these and many other profound questions surrounding the nature of time beginning with the basic operational view of time. This will then be used to explore specific topics including the nature of clocks, various paradoxes of time, human and animal perception of time, causality & determinism, gravity’s effect on time, and the various “arrows” of time.

Note: Meets Scientific Reasoning Learning Outcome (SCI)

Four credits.