Reichenbach's Soliloquy
Hamlet - Absolute time would exist in a causal structure for which the concept "indeterminate as to time" order lends to a unique simultaneity, i.e., for which there is no finite interval of time between the departure and return of a first-signal... So the Logical Positivists are some of my favourite philosophers. Those involved in the movement were also very much involved in artistic movements of their day, though nowadays philosophers tend to see them as rather humourless and dry. And often they could be. But I'd just like to draw attention to this rather odd piece from a positivist which combines wry humour with a bit of literary interpretation. Behold, Hans Reichenbach's "Hamlet's Soliloquy", which is chapter 15 in The Rise of Scientific Philosophy . Enjoy! " To be or not...