Time and time again: Reports from a boundary of the Universe

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Content: The Whir and the Bell 1. The change ringing cosmos COMPLEXITY AND ITS MEASURE 2 From timelessness to time OUT OF PLATO'S CAVE: THE NATURAL HISTORY OF TIME 3. Reality as examined appearances THE EXTENDED UMWELT PRINCIPLE 4. What kind of a universe to expect MATHEMATICS AND TIME 5. The beginning or origin of time THE SECULAR MYSTERY OF THE FIRST DAY 6. Contraining chaos FROM CHAOS TO CONFLICT 7. Those metaphysical devices CLOCKWORKS BEYOND THEMSELVES 8. How to use a clock SPACE-TIME IN THE STUDY OF TIME 9. Coordinated clock shops TIME AND THE ORIGIN OF LIFE 10. From puppy love to faithful love TEMPORAL LEVELS: A FUNDAMENTAL SYNTHESIS11. Logos at the edge of the cosmos TEMPORAL LEVELS AND REALITY TESTING 12. Unbounding society TIME, INFINITY, AND THE WORLD IN ENLIGHTENMENT THOUGHT 13. That awesome gift HUMAN FREEDOM 14. Opiates that civilize TIME FELT, TIME UNDERSTOOD 15. How to perpetuate conflicts CHANGE, PERMANENCE, AND HUMAN VALUES 16. The true TRUTH AS A RECOGNITION OF PERMANENCE 17. Music do I hear? HOMER, BORGES, AND THE PIED PIPER. 18 A different wonder THE PROBLEMS OF EXPORTING FAUST19. Being a one-and-only TIME, GLOBALIZATION, AND THE NASCENT IDENTITY OF MANKIND20. Turmoil at the anthill threshold HAMLET'S CASTLE IN CYBERSPACE 21. Whose past is our prologue? REFLECTIONS UPON AN EVOLVING MIRROR 22 Expanding the universe