My Life Flashed Before My Eyes

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...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:32bf8259993641ad81cc1fc3320d75182021-11-25T21:24:09ZMy Life Flashed Before My Eyes10.11575/jah.v0i0.533201927-4416https://doaj.org/article/32bf8259993641ad81cc1fc3320d75182018-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jah/article/view/53320https://doaj.org/toc/1927-4416The 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.Joan Margaret HumphriesUniversity of CalgaryarticleTimeHermeneuticsNursingPhilosophyHuman ScienceMetaphysicsPhilosophy (General)B1-5802ENJournal of Applied Hermeneutics (2018)
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topic Time
Hermeneutics
Nursing
Philosophy
Human Science
Metaphysics
Philosophy (General)
B1-5802
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Hermeneutics
Nursing
Philosophy
Human Science
Metaphysics
Philosophy (General)
B1-5802
Joan Margaret Humphries
My Life Flashed Before My Eyes
description 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.
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