Husserl describes the living present as 'thick' — it includes not only the now but also protention (anticipation of the approaching future) and retention (memory of the recent past).
Protention(Husserl's phenomenology of internal time-consciousness)
Husserl's term for the anticipatory or 'awaiting' phase of consciousness that is directed toward the approaching future, included within the living present.
Retention(Husserl's phenomenology of internal time-consciousness; central to Derrida's argument in Voice and Phenomenon)
Husserl's term for the primary memory of the just-past that is folded back into present perception; paradoxically classified by Husserl as both a kind of perception (included in the present) and a kind of non-perception (different from the strict now).
Thick (in philosophical context)(describes the nature of the living present)
In philosophy, 'thick' means having multiple layers or components rather than being simple and one-dimensional; here it means the present moment contains more than just a single point in time.
More specifically, Derrida argues that, when Husserl describes lived-experience (Erlebnis), even absolute subjectivity, he is speaking of an interior monologue, auto-affection as hearing-oneself-speak. According to Derrida, hearing-oneself-speak is, for Husserl, “an auto-affection of an absolutely unique type” (Voice and Phenomenon, p. 67). It is unique because there seems to be no external detour from the hearing to the speaking; in hearing-oneself-speak there is self-proximity. It seems theref