The Personal Temporal Line and the Ontological Persistence of the Past: A Conceptual Extension of a Dual-Temporality Model of Consciousness

Key Points

• This work aims to extend a dual-temporality model of consciousness by integrating the concepts of personal temporal lines and ontological persistence of the past.
• Conceptual analysis of existing literature on consciousness.
• Discussion of relationships between memory, identity, and temporal experience.
• Theoretical proposal building on previous models of temporal consciousness.
• Proposes a new framework for understanding how personal memory influences identity.
• Suggests that individual experiences of time contribute to consciousness.
• Highlights the interplay between physical time and personal perceptions of past experiences.