Mortality (deutsche Version) Dying is one of the conditions of human existence: life entails coming into being and passing away at every moment – meaning…

The Right Time (deutsche Version) Seizing an opportunity at the right time is an ambivalent practical recommendation because it also requires a decision about a…

Multiple Clock Principle (deutsche Version) While technically manufactured clocks display time continuously across many scales – from milliseconds to the calendar year – biological clocks…

Questionable what-is-it questions (deutsche Version) We have a great competence in dealing with time. We often forget that this competence is not innate, but is…

One Sun, Many Days (deutsche Version) Sunrise and daybreak refer to one and the same phenomenon. Yet we speak of the one sun that appears…

Time as a Linguistic Expression (deutsche Version) Objective time is a linguistic means that allows for the meaningful structuring of the natural and social environment,…

Time as Signifier and Signified (deutsche Version) The distinction between signifier (word) and signified (object) is unproblematic as long as the signified is accessible to…

Originates time perception in the „not yet“? (deutsche Version) Hans-Georg Gadamer points out that every envisaged or anticipated event opens up a scope of being…

In Contemplation of Death (deutsche Version) The realization of the finitude of one’s own life shapes human self-understanding in at least three respects. Awareness of…