I. Introduction: Phenomenology and the Beginning -- II. Epistemology and the Metaphysics of Presence -- A. The Metaphysics of Presence -- B. Positivism -- C. Intuition -- D. Fact and Essence -- E. Phenomenology as Science -- F. Intentional Analysis -- III. Truth and Presence -- A. Expression and Meaning -- B. Meaning-Fulfillment -- C. Evidence and Truth -- D. Evidence and the Metaphysics of Presence -- E. Language and Consciousness -- IV. Temporality and Presence -- A. The Problematic of Time -- B. Time as a Phenomenological Datum -- C. The Now -- D. The Temporal Horizons -- V. Intersubjectivity and Epistemological Presence -- A. The Refutation of Solipsism -- B. The Presence of the Other -- C. The Being of the Other -- VI. Conclusion -- A. Review of Our Findings -- B. Phenomenology and the Possibility of History