SPACE, TIME 301 



by means of which, given an element of a series, an adjacent 

 element may always be found. At the empirical level space 

 and time are finite, for there is no such principle which is 

 universally applicable; my space extends to the most remote 

 point of my experience, and I have no principle for going 

 beyond this; my time begins with my first remembered 

 event and I have no principle for determining anterior 

 events. But if I admit the legitimacy of correlating the 

 events of my experience with those of another individual, 

 I find myself provided with just the principle required. 

 For example, my first remembered event may be a spanking 

 administered by my mother for some misdeed, though I 

 may not remember the misdeed; but by talking with my 

 mother I may learn what the cause of the spanking was, 

 since this is a remembered event in her experience. By 

 multiplying correlations I extend my time system indefinitely 

 into the past. Similarly, I correlate my spatial system with 

 that of another by locating an event which is the boundary 

 of my system with an event in the space of another who 

 has traveled more widely than I; again by multiplying 

 correlations I extend my space system indefinitely in three 

 directions. The activities involved in both of these processes 

 are those of serial extension; a principle presumed to hold 

 only in the series is discovered to hold beyond its supposed 

 limits. 



From non-homogeneity to homogeneity. The irregularities 

 in empirical space and time are eliminated by the abstractive 

 act which rids space and time of events. Only because 

 space and time are tied up with happenings do they seem 

 to exhibit heterogeneity. The "here" is different from the 

 "there" only so long as I think of my body as a unique 

 point of reference; when by correlation I discover that my 

 "here' is another's "there" and my "there'' is another's 

 "here" I realize the arbitrary character of this distinction; 

 the "here" and "there" lose their qualitative distinctness. 

 Similarly, when I realize that a space which for me is "full" 

 may be correlated with a space which for another is " empty," 



