Weyl’s Proper Time, Lived Time, and Metaphysical Time

TODAY IN PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY: Weyl’s Proper Time, Lived Time, and Metaphysical Time

Sunday 09 November 2025 is the 140th anniversary of the birth of Hermann Klaus Hugo Weyl (09 November 1885 – 08 December 1955), better known to posterity simply was Hermann Weyl, who was born in Elmshorn, close to Hamburg, on this day in 1885.

Weyl’s mathematical and scientific background didn’t prevent him from acquiring a broad background in philosophy, often deriving insights from idealism and phenomenology. This philosophical interest often found expression in his mathematics and his scientific work, including his speculation about time. In this episode I attempt to apply Weyl’s tripartite distinction among proper, lived, and metaphysical time to proper, lived, and metaphysical history.

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