Perception of Duration Presupposes Duration of Perception – or Does it? Husserl and Dainton on time

Abstract In his recent book The Stream of Consciousness, Dainton provides what must surely count as one of the most comprehensive discussions of time‐consciousness in analytical philosophy. In the course of doing so, he also challenges Husserl’s classical account in a number of ways. In the following contribution, I will compare Dainton’s and Husserl’s respective accounts. Such a comparison will not only make it evident why an analysis of time‐consciousness is so important, but will also provide a neat opportunity to appraise the contemporary relevance of Husserl’s analysis. How does it measure up against one of the more recent analytical accounts?