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Conceptualizing Variation in the Experience of Time *
Author(s) -
Flaherty Michael G.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
sociological inquiry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.446
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1475-682X
pISSN - 0038-0245
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-682x.1993.tb00320.x
Subject(s) - variation (astronomy) , triangulation , proposition , sociology , range (aeronautics) , unit (ring theory) , empirical research , epistemology , computer science , econometrics , mathematics , mathematics education , engineering , philosophy , geometry , physics , astrophysics , aerospace engineering
This paper presents a theoretical model that identifies and accounts for the full range of variation in the experience of duration. The model has been generated through inductive theory construction, using empirical materials drawn from the triangulation of qualitative methods. Its central proposition is that variation in the perceived passage of time reflects variation in the density of conscious information processing per standard temporal unit.