Phenomenology of Time

Edmund Husserl occupied himself with the analysis of time-consciousness throughout his life. In this book, the three stages that may be distinguished in Husserl's occupation with this theme are discussed in their interrelationship. The first stage consists of a lecture manuscript from 1905; the second stage consists of the so-called Bernau manuscripts, research manuscripts that were written in 1917 and 1918; and the final stage consists of the so-called C-manuscripts, research manuscripts that were written in the late 1920s and the early 1930s.
Central themes in the discussion of Husserl's phenomenology of time in this book are: the connection between the analysis of time-consciousness and the analysis of phantasy-consciousness and image-consciousness; Husserl's position in the debate between A. Meinong and W. Stern concerning the possibility of the perception of time; the self-constitution of absolute time-consciousness; the influence of Husserl's development of genetic phenomenology on his analysis of time-consciousness; and the question of the intentional character of time-consciousness.

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Table of Contents. Acknowledgements. Introduction. Part 1: Husserl's Analysis of Time-Consciousness in the Lecture Course from WS '04/'05. 1. The Context of Husserl's First Analysis of Time-Consciousness. 2. The First Analysis of Time-Consciousness. 3. Developments in the Years Following the Lecture Course from WS '04/'05. Part 2: Husserl's Analysis of Time-Consciousness in the L-Manuscripts. 4. Three Models for the Description of the Structure of Time-Consciousness. 5. The Perspective of Genetic Phenomenology. Part 3: Husserl's Analysis of Time-Consciousness in the C-Manuscripts. 6. The Last Analysis of Time-Consciousness. Abbreviations. Bibliography. Index of Names.