It’s often claimed in the philosophical and scientific literature on temporal representation that there is no such thing as a genuine sensory system for time. In this article, I argue for the opposite—many animals, including all mammals, possess a genuine sensory system for time based in the circadian system. In arguing for this conclusion, I develop a semantics and meta-semantics for explaining how the endogenous rhythms of the circadian system provide organisms with a direct information link to the temporal structure of their environment. In doing so, I highlight the role of sensory systems in an information processing architecture. 1. Introduction2. Sensory Systems and Experience3. Against the Sense of Time 3.1. The non-causality argument3.2. The integration argument4. Circadian Systems5. The Semantics of (Internal) Clocks6. An Information-Theoretic Account7. Conclusion Introduction Sensory Systems and Experience Against the Sense of Time 3.1. The non-causality argument3.2. The integration argument The non-causality argument The integration argument Circadian Systems The Semantics of (Internal) Clocks An Information-Theoretic Account Conclusion

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时间感

在关于时间表征的哲学和科学文献中，经常声称没有真正的时间感官系统这样的东西。在这篇文章中，我的观点正好相反——许多动物，包括所有哺乳动物，都拥有基于昼夜节律系统的真正的时间感觉系统。在论证这个结论时，我开发了一种语义学和元语义学来解释昼夜节律系统的内源性节律如何为生物体提供与其环境时间结构的直接信息链接。在此过程中，我强调了感觉系统在信息处理架构中的作用。1. 介绍 2. 感官系统和经验3。反对时间感 3.1。非因果关系论证3.2。整合论证4。昼夜节律系统5。（内部）时钟的语义6。一个信息论帐户7。结论 介绍 感觉系统和经验对时间的感觉 3.1。非因果关系论证3.2。整合论证 非因果关系论证 整合论证 昼夜节律系统（内部）时钟的语义 信息理论帐户结论