The Eternal Now: Phenomenology and the Temporal Structure of Depression
| dc.contributor.advisor | Vasterling, V. | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Strijbos, D. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Huetink, W. | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-08-27 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Contemporary phenomenological accounts of depression have been increasingly focused on the temporal structure of the condition. In this article, I discuss the accounts proposed by Fuchs, Ratcliffe and Fernandez, and show how each of them faces significant drawbacks. I argue that this is primarily due to the fact that they employ a Husserlian model of temporal experience. Because on this account all temporal dimensions – past, present, and future – are conceived of as present in intentional experience, the meaning of a depressed person being ‘stuck in the present’ cannot become clear. Instead, I propose a conception of the temporal structure of depression based on Heidegger’s twofold account of temporality. On this account, depression essentially involves a disruption of the enactment of primordial time. I show how this account avoids the drawbacks of the others, while it is still able to accommodate persuasive features of their descriptions of the depressive experience. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://theses.ubn.ru.nl/handle/123456789/11332 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.thesis.faculty | Faculteit der Filosofie, Theologie en Religiewetenschappen | en_US |
| dc.thesis.specialisation | Metaphysics and Epistemology | en_US |
| dc.thesis.studyprogramme | Philosophy: Research Master | en_US |
| dc.thesis.type | Researchmaster | en_US |
| dc.title | The Eternal Now: Phenomenology and the Temporal Structure of Depression | en_US |
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