Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: The Issues 1. Time-Consciousness and the Ontology of Time 2. The Denial of Temporal Realism 3. The Question of a Special Temporality Part II: Phenomenological Positions 4. Kant's Theory of Time-Consciousness and Time 5. Husserl's Theory of Time-Consciousness and Time 6. Heidegger's Theory of Time-Consciousness and Temporality 7. Sartre's Theory of Time-Consciousness and Time Part III: The Temporality of Experience 8. Time-Consciousness 9. Temporal Realism 10. The Special Temporality of Human Being Conclusion Appendix Notes Index

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An analysis of the philosophy of time

About the Author

Peter K. McInerney is Professor of Philosophy at Oberlin College.

Reviews

"This is a sophisticated, scholarly study that is distinctive in the ways it combines a philosophical analysis of time with an analysis of modern phenomenology and these, in turn, with the author's independent approach toward explaining 'the special temporality of human beings.' ... A fine piece of work." --Gerald E. Myers "McInerney manages to avoid virtually all of the problems that have increasingly isolated the phenomenology of 'time-consciousness' from correlative developments in cognitive science and the philosophy of space-time. The book is not limited to an exegesis of what the 'great masters' have had to say on the topic, though McInerney does offer brief lucid interpretations of Kant, Husserl, Heidegger, and Sartre... Recommended." --Choice "This is a truly commendable piece of work. It incorporates solid scholarship, is carefully argued, and is often insightful. Mclnerney has written an important book that is a significant contribution to the development of the philosophy of time." --Charles M. Sherover, Hunter College, CUNY