Temporality

Temporality

Temporality is a term often used in philosophy in talking about the way time is. The traditional mode of temporality is a linear procession of past, present, future. Some 20th century philosophers have made various interpretations of temporality in ways other than this linear manner; for example, the present moment emerging only from where our projected future is curled back into a past.

Examples: McTaggart and the The Unreality of Time, Husserl's analysis of internal time consciousness, Heidegger's Being and Time, George Herbert Mead's Philosophy of the Present, Derrida's criticisms of Husserl's analysis and Nietzsche's eternal return of the same, though this latter pertains more to historicity which temporality gives rise to.

ee also

*Historicity (philosophy)


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  • Temporality — Tem po*ral i*ty, n.; pl. {Temporalities}. [L. temporalitas, in LL., possessions of the church: cf. F. temporalit[ e].] 1. The state or quality of being temporary; opposed to perpetuity. [1913 Webster] 2. The laity; temporality. [Obs.] Sir T. More …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • temporality — (n.) late 14c., from L.L. temporalitas, from temporalis (see TEMPORAL (Cf. temporal)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • temporality — [tem΄pə ral′ə tē] n. pl. temporalities [ME temporalite < LL(Ec) temporalitas] 1. the quality or state of being temporal 2. [usually pl.] secular properties or revenues of a church …   English World dictionary

  • temporality — noun The condition of being bounded in time (of being temporal.) This means that all temporality points beyond itself (Hart 1973, 32) …   Wiktionary

  • temporality — noun (plural ties) Date: 14th century 1. a. civil or political as distinguished from spiritual or ecclesiastical power or authority b. an ecclesiastical property or revenue often used in plural 2. the quality or state of being temporal …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • temporality — /tem peuh ral i tee/, n., pl. temporalities. 1. temporal character or nature; temporariness. 2. something temporal. 3. Usually, temporalities. a worldly or secular possession, revenue, or the like, as of the church or clergy. [1350 1400; ME… …   Universalium

  • temporality — n. impermanence, transience …   English contemporary dictionary

  • temporality — noun (plural temporalities) 1》 the state of existing within or having some relationship with time. 2》 (temporalities) the properties and revenues of a religious body or a member of the clergy …   English new terms dictionary

  • temporality — tem·po·ral·i·ty …   English syllables

  • temporality — tem•po•ral•i•ty [[t]ˌtɛm pəˈræl ɪ ti[/t]] n. pl. ties 1) temporary character or nature 2) something temporal 3) rel Usu., temporalities. temporal possession, revenue, or the like, as of the church or clergy …   From formal English to slang

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