A Sense of Space (and Time)

Harvard FAS

What is space? What is time? How have humans viewed these over the years? How are the views of these shaped by our environments and cultures? We often employ spatial metaphors for social situations, e.g. “they’re very close,” or “they split apart.” It seems that as concepts of space change, and our horizons are broadened, these changes are reflected in a shift in cultural awareness. Although we don’t think about it now, the question of how the sun gets back to the east after setting in…