时空同构认知模型的内涵、归因与表征——基于梅勒时间观的时间系统研究(二)

The Connotation, Attribution and Representation of the Spacetime Isomorphism Cognitive Model: A Research of Time System Based on Mellor's View of Time(Ⅱ)

梅勒的时空观是以"A-系列和B-系列"作为研究基点,将时间、空间同事件的关联作为研究内容的一种时空观。他采用"模型内涵-模型归因-模型表征"的方式对"时空同构"加以透视。在这一时空同构认知模型中,时间概念和空间概念是不同的,但空间是时间的空间类似物,说明了二者在结构上具有相似性,是一种以A-系列(A-时代和A场所)和B-系列(B-时代和B场所)为框架的时空同构。"以空间隐喻时间"是梅勒时空同构成立的原因所在,它不仅证明了时间和空间是可以类比的,而且阐明了这种类比指向的有效性。时空同构是通过事件得以表征的,而事件中的实体和方向成为了表征时空同构的关键因素,从而建构起一个完整的时空同构认知模型。

Based on the A-series and B-series, taking time, space and event as associated with each other, Mellor tries to grasp the essence of 'spacetime isomorphism' through the meaning, the attribution and the representation of the model. In this cognitive model of spacetime isomorphism, the concepts of space and time are different from each other, but the fact that space is the spatial analogues of time shows that they share some similarities in structure. Using space as a metaphor of time makes Mellor's model of spacetime isomorphism tenable. Not only can it prove that space and time are analogical, but it also illustrates the validity of such analogical directivity. In a word, spacetime isomorphism is represented by events, in which the entity and direction become the key factors to the metaphor 'time is space', so that it is possible for us to construct a complete spacetime isomorphism model.