Abstract
In this paper I shall attempt to articulate the relation between self-consciousness and time consciousness. I shall show that the primary meaning of time entails a self-conscious being, and that time and change are related, but in an analogous way. Different forms of life are qualitatively different in that only self-conscious beings can experience the flow of time. In making this claim, I shall discuss Husserl’s distinction between pre-reflective or tacit self-awareness (inner-consciousness) and reflective self-consciousness (inner perception), and I shall show that this view is similar to Augustine’s distinction between nosse and cogitare and Aquinas’ distinction between ‘habitual’ and ‘actual’ self-knowledge. It will also be intimated that simultaneity is associated with empathy.
Highlights
In this paper, which is situated in the broad stream of the confluence between analytic philosophy and phenomenology, I shall attempt to articulate the relation between self-consciousness and time consciousness
This paper will examine how inner time-consciousness is an intimate aspect of self-consciousness, and the manner in which a different, though related, conception of time is associated with self-knowledge
Through a rich dialogue between analytic philosophy and phenomenology, this paper will seek to show that inner time-consciousness is necessarily present in our capacity for empathy and other forms of personal relationships
Summary
In this paper, which is situated in the broad stream of the confluence between analytic philosophy and phenomenology, I shall attempt to articulate the relation between self-consciousness and time consciousness. Keywords Aquinas, Thomas; Aristotle; Augustine; self-consciousness; time For Plato, time exists independently, both of the physical changes we experience in our everyday life, and of human souls.
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