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Specious present: Description & Overview

The specious present is defined as the "supposed time between past and future" or "a present that lasts a short stretch of physical time". The term was coined by E. R. Clay in his 1882 book The Alternative: A Study in Psychology, and cited by William James in The Principles of Psychology. It can be classed as a "thick" conception of time perception, to…

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Specious present topic overview

The analysis highlights Description and Overview as prominent areas in the source structure around Specious present.

Related topics
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Source areas
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Connected nodes
8
Extracted relationships
10
Related term clusters
7
Bridge connections
8

What this topic covers Research coverage

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Description · 3 topics
Overview · 3 topics

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Specious present
3William James · The Principles of Psychology · Time perception
3C. D. Broad · Philosophy · Psychology

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How Specious present connects Entity context

The extracted context around Specious present shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Specious present → Clay, In The Principles, James, Psychology, Robert Kelly, Study, The Alternative, The Perception, Time, William James. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

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Top relations

related to Description · 10
Specious present → Clay, In The Principles, James, Psychology, Robert Kelly, Study, The Alternative, The Perception, Time, William James

Important terminology

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Important terminology

present time specious past psychology future short perception clay james given part 1882 alternative study william principles notes philosophy wrote

Specious present relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 10 structured relationships around Specious present. Examples in this analysis include Specious present → related to Description → Clay and Specious present → related to Description → Robert Kelly. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Specious presentrelated to DescriptionClay0.60section
Specious presentrelated to DescriptionRobert Kelly0.60section
Specious presentrelated to DescriptionThe Alternative0.60section
Specious presentrelated to DescriptionStudy0.60section
Specious presentrelated to DescriptionPsychology0.60section
Specious presentrelated to DescriptionWilliam James0.60section
Specious presentrelated to DescriptionThe Perception0.60section
Specious presentrelated to DescriptionTime0.60section
Specious presentrelated to DescriptionIn The Principles0.60section
Specious presentrelated to DescriptionJames0.60section

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around Specious present bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Short, Specious and Obvious. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Specious present
    • Short
    • Specious
    • Obvious
    • Past
    • Time
    • Future
    • Perception
    • Lasts
    • Physical
    • Stretch
    • Supposed
    • Contained
  • specious present
    • Time
    • Short
    • Specious
    • Past
    • Obvious
    • Future
    • Perception
    • Given
    • Lasts
    • Physical
    • Stretch
    • Supposed
  • time perception
    • Duration
    • Time
    • Short
    • Specious
    • Part
    • Present
    • Thick
    • Every
    • Philosophy
    • Wrote
    • Datum
    • Given
  • william james
    • James
    • Principles
    • William
    • Book
    • Cited
    • Psychology
    • Alternative
    • Concept
    • Study
    • Clay
    • Short
    • Present
  • the principles of psychology
    • Principles
    • Psychology
    • Study
    • James
    • Short
    • William
    • Time
    • Every
    • Philosophy
    • Wrote
    • Perception
    • Specious
  • psychology
    • Principles
    • Study
    • James
    • Short
    • Time
    • Every
    • Philosophy
    • William
    • Wrote
    • Perception
    • Specious
  • philosophy
    • Every
    • Psychology
    • Short
    • Present
    • Time
    • Specious

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Specious present, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Specious present with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Specious present — Overview · splits 5 ⟂ 4
Specious present — Description · splits 5 ⟂ 4

Map overview Semantic statistics

Specious present

Nodes9
Edges8
Triples10
Avg. degree1.78
Density0.222222
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Specious present to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Description & Overview, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Specious present · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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