In this open ing prov o ca tion, Freud and Heidegger make as ser tions which stand, prima fa cie, in ex treme op po si tion to one an other—with Derrida sit u ated, not sur pris ingly, some where in-be tween. But be tween what? What is the philo soph i cal sig nif i cance of the cog ni tive re la tion one stands in with re spect to one’s own death? Be tween (1) Heidegger’s as ser tion that hold...