The origins of time / Nathaniel Lawrence -- Scientific explanation and the evolution of time / Conrad Dale Johnson -- J.T. Fraser's "levels of temporality" as cognitive representations / John A. Michon -- The emergence of time / Denis Corish -- Time, technology, religion, and productivity values in early modern Europe / Francis C. Haber -- Literary images of progress / Samuel L. Macey -- Reflections on time in Indian philosophy -- The shape of time in African music / Ruth M. Stone -- Temporal linearity and nonlinearity in music / Jonathan D. Kramer -- Humanities and the experiences of time / George H. Ford -- On the limits of empirical knowledge in the traditional Chinese sciences / N. Sivin -- The evolution of Chines science and technology / Jin Guantao, Fan Dainian, Fan Hongye, and Liu Qingfeng -- Cultural and intellectual attitudes that prevented the spontaneous emergence of modern science in China / Qiu Renzong -- Progressive and regressive time cycles in Taoist ritual / Kristofer Schipper and Wang Hsiu-Huei -- Mohist views of time and space / Zhang Yinzhi -- Chinese traditional medicine / Hans Ågren -- Zi Wu flow theory and time / Lo Huisheng -- Time in archaeological thought Synnove Vinsrygg -- Space and time in Chinese verse / Frederick Turner.