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.- The Being of Consciousness.- 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.