My Life Flashed Before My Eyes
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https://doi.org/10.11575/jah.v0i0.53320Keywords:
Time, Hermeneutics, Nursing, Philosophy, Human Science, MetaphysicsAbstract
The everyday experience of time can be disrupted by the events in our lives, and disquiet notions of predictability about the passage of time. In this work, I describe an alternate experience of time passing that occurred in the context of a car accident. The phrase "I saw my life flash before my eyes" situates the varietal experience of time in human existence, and invites the use of chosen hermeneutic tenets to explore the phenomena. I describe the mysterious personal experience of time associated with the accident, as well as varietal experiences of time that occur for people during hospitalization, relating to experiences of nursing practice. The tension associated with the temptation to apply scientific explanations to metaphysical questions, and the inevitability of accepting ongoing wonder about the mysteries of time, are featured throughout.References
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Dreyfus, H. (1992). Division 1. Being-in-the-world: A commentary on Heidegger's being and time (1st ed., pp. 1-9). Cambridge, MA, London, UK: The MIT Press.
Grondin, J. (2003). Hans-Georg Gadamer: A biography (Joel Weinsheimer, Trans., 1st ed.). New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.
Heidegger, M. (1927/2010). Being and time (E. Stambagh Trans.). Albany, NY: SUNY.
Laverty, S. (2003). Hermeneutic phenomenology and phenomenology: A comparison of historical and methodological considerations. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 2(3), 1-29. Retrieved January 7, 2018 from https://sites.ualberta.ca/~iiqm/backissues/2_3final/pdf/laverty.pdf
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Thoun, D. (2002). Time passing: A Parse research method study. Nursing Science Quarterly, 15(4), 318-326. doi: 10.1177/089431802236797
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