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The different Egos in Husserl's Cartesian Meditations
So I thought I had understood the different 'Egos', mainly the distinction between the psychological and transcendental Ego, in the text. But throughout meditation 2 it becomes a bit confusing to me, ...
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How does Husserl explain the common perception of an object?
Husserl considers that the intentional term, the noema, is within the immanence of intentional consciousness. (Here, I will not distinguish between noema and object, as some Fregean readings do.) In ...
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What does Hegel mean by thought at the beginning of his Logic? Mere thinking or thought itself?
I presume that Logic in Hegel's system seeks an immanent and presupposition-free development of the basic categories of being and thought. Logic is therefore a theory of categories and a doctrine of ...
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Husserlian Critiques of Scheler
It’s known that although Max Scheler’s phenomenology was heavily inspired by Husserl, he was no student of Husserl. So, the two had disagreements on how to do phenomenology. While I’m acutely aware of ...
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Why Dasein has only a pre-ontological Being rather than an ontological Being?
In the book Being and Time, Heidegger wrote that:
We have already intimated that Dasein has a pre-ontological Being as
its ontically constitutive state.
It's intuitive to me only when I thought it ...
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What is the connection between Hegel's "world of senses" "1st supersensible world" & "2nd supersensible world"?
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In the Phenomenology of Spirit, in the chapter "Force and Understanding" Hegel claims that the understanding (Verstand) encounters the 2nd law, which in turn creates the 2nd ...
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What allusions to fundamental consciousness might Husserl be making, in Logical Investigations vol 2?
I'm some thirty pages into Logical Investigations Vol. 2, by Husserl, that is, really, trying to understand the definitions he gives concerning Wholes and Parts.
Firstly, I must say, I'm finding ...
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What decides the experiential quality of imagination?
When Amy Kind says imagination involves directionality, phenomenology, and imagery, what decides that phenomenology? I am curious as to what I can do to dig deeper into the generation of experiential ...
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How can the Troxler effect be interpreted phenomenologically?
The Troxler effect, also known as Troxler fading, is a visual illusion that influences our perceptual experience. If one fixes their gaze on a specific point for a brief period, stimuli that remain ...
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Can Husserl's impressions be mereologically expressible?
In Husserl's phenomenology, hyletic data (hylé, "matter") are the raw sensory impressions—such as colors, sounds, or textures—provided by "impressions" before being shaped by ...
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How does eliminativism respond to phenomenology?
How do eliminativists deal with things like desires, perceptions, pains, etc., in relation to the appearances themselves? By saying that the appearance of x is reduced to y, are they not somehow ...
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Can the faith experience upheld by fideism be considered a case of phenomenologically experiencing or observing God?
I was intrigued by the question Is observation the only way to indicate that God is real? and this answer, which suggests fideism as an alternative to the observational epistemology proposed by the OP....
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Naturalism that is self-refuting in Husserl
I'm reading the book D. O. Dhalstrom. Heidegger's concept of truth. Digitally printed version 2009, Cambridge University Press (2009), and on page 124 the author states:
There is, for example, a ...
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Does phenomenology reject causality, in that there are natural laws to be understood and utilised? What is the stance on technological progress/devel?
I have been diving into phenomenology for my research and it seems very interesting. But coming back to the "practical" world I still don't can't really describe its stance on various ...
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What philosopher regarded the end and purpose of human life to be in relationships with other individuals?
I remember in my undergrad being taught about some philosopher who regarded the whole end and purpose of human existence to be primarily that of relationship with other people. I dont remember if he ...
