Synopses & Reviews
First published in 1975 and still without equal, The Human Experience of Time provides a thorough review of the concept of time in the Western philosophic tradition. Encompassing a wide range of writings, from the Book of Genesis and the classical thinkers to the work of such twentieth-century philosophers as Collingwood and McKeon, all with introductory essays by the editor, this classic anthology offers a synoptic view of the changing philosophic notions of time.
Review
"Very ambitious . . . no ordinary anthology. . . . [I]f it takes the work of many disciplines to explore the meaning of time . . . then this will be a book to go to in order to hear the philosopher's side of the story." --
International Philosophical QuarterlyReview
"A long needed book, which will be widely welcomed and used. It is unique in its scope and in the sympathetic intelligence of its exposition." --
Review of MetaphysicsDescription
Includes bibliographical references (p. [581]-592) and index.
About the Author
Charles M. Sherover is a professor emeritus of philosophy at Hunter College. He is the author of Heidegger, Kant, and Time and Time, Freedom and the Common Good: An Essay in Public Philosophy.
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
I. Foreword: In the Beginning
1. Genesis: The Time of Creation
2. Heraclitus: The Law of Change
II. Time and Motion
3. Plato: The Creation of Time
4. Aristotle: Perceiving Time and Self
5. Aristotle: Time as Measure
6. Plotinus: Time and Engendered Being
7. Augustine: Experiential Time
III. Time and Understanding
8. Locke: The Idea of Duration
9. Leibniz: Time as Relational
10. Kant: The Primacy of Time
11. Kant: The Temporalization of Concepts
IV. Time and Reality
12. Hegel: Time and Becoming
13. Lotze: Time and Process
14. Bergson: Time as Lived Duration
15. Alexander: Time and Space
V. The Analysis of Temporal Concepts
16. McTaggart: "The Unreality of Time"
17. Russell: "On the Experience of Time"
18. Reichenbach: The Primacy of Physical Time
19. Whitehead: Two Kinds of Time Relatedness
VI. The Significance of Experiental Time
20. James: "The Perception of Time"
21. Peirce: Futility, Meaning, and Action
22. Royce: Time: Concept and Will
23. Santayana: "Sentimental Time"
24. Dewey: "Time and Individuality"
VII. The Structure of Experiential Time
25. Piaget: Developing the Concept of Time
26. Husserl: The Constitution of the Present
27. Minkowski: The Presence of the Past
28. Heidegger: The Priority of the Future
VIII. The Open Agenda
29. Collingwood: "Some Perplexities About Time"
30. McKeon: "Time and Temporality"
Notes
Index