Abstract

In the first part of this paper, different perspectives of time proposed in Aristotle’s philosophy of nature, classic mechanics, thermodynamics, and the theory of relativity, will be presented. Later on, we explore the phenomenological approach of duration by Henri Bergson and Mauro Dorato’s naturalistic proposal, which defines the “present” moment based on neuroscientific experiments. In the second part of the paper, the topic of scientific creativity is introduced, paying particular attention to David Bohm’s ideas. Finally, the previously analysed perspectives are used to answer the following question: How do physicists create time?