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historicality-of-experience

Experience is understood as historialized, meaning that it is always situated within a temporal and historical context that shapes its meaning and constitution.

1 chapter across 1 book

Being and Nothingness (1943)Jean-Paul Sartre

Chapter 2: Temporality

Chapter 2: Temporality in Sartre's Being and Nothingness explores the complex nature of time as it relates to consciousness and existence. Sartre engages with various philosophical and psychological theories, including those of Husserl, Bergson, and Hegel, to analyze how past, present, and future are constituted within the for-itself, emphasizing the role of negation, reflection, and the irreducible nothingness separating consciousness from itself. The chapter also addresses the interplay between memory, anticipation, and the temporal structure of being, highlighting the dynamic and non-static character of human temporality.