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Single Idea 22219

[filed under theme 1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 2. Phenomenology ]

Full Idea

Phenomeonology is 'transcendental' in describing the correlation between phenomena and intentional objects, to show how their meaning and validity are constructed. Husserl gave this process an idealist interpretation (which Heidegger criticised).

Gist of Idea

Husserl saw transcendental phenomenology as idealist, in its construction of objects

Source

report of Edmund Husserl (Ideas: intro to pure phenomenology [1913]) by Rudolf Bernet - Husserl p.200

Book Ref

'A Companion to Continental Philosophy', ed/tr. Critchley,S/Schroeder,W [Blackwell 1999], p.200


A Reaction

[compressed] If the actions which produce our concepts of objects all take place 'behind' phenomenal consciousness, then it is hard to avoid sliding into some sort of idealism. It encourages direct realism about perception.


The 26 ideas from 'Ideas: intro to pure phenomenology'

There can only be a science of fluctuating consciousness if it focuses on stable essences [Husserl, by Bernet]
Phenomenology aims to validate objects, on the basis of intentional intuitive experience [Husserl, by Bernet]
Husserl saw transcendental phenomenology as idealist, in its construction of objects [Husserl, by Bernet]
Phenomenology studies different types of correlation between consciousness and its objects [Husserl, by Bernet]
Imagine an object's properties varying; the ones that won't vary are the essential ones [Husserl, by Vaidya]
The phenomena of memory are given in the present, but as being past [Husserl, by Bernet]
We know another's mind via bodily expression, while also knowing it is inaccessible [Husserl, by Bernet]
The use of mathematical-style definitions in philosophy is fruitless and harmful [Husserl]
The World is all experiencable objects [Husserl]
The sense of anything contingent has a purely apprehensible essence or Eidos [Husserl]
Only facts follow from facts [Husserl]
Direct 'seeing' by consciousness is the ultimate rational legitimation [Husserl]
Start philosophising with no preconceptions, from the intuitively non-theoretical self-given [Husserl]
Feelings of self-evidence (and necessity) are just the inventions of theory [Husserl]
Natural science has become great by just ignoring ancient scepticism [Husserl]
Epoché or 'bracketing' is refraining from judgement, even when some truths are certain [Husserl]
'Bracketing' means no judgements at all about spatio-temporal existence [Husserl]
After everything is bracketed, consciousness still has a unique being of its own [Husserl]
Our goal is to reveal a new hidden region of Being [Husserl]
As a thing and its perception are separated, two modes of Being emerge [Husserl]
The physical given, unlike the mental given, could be non-existing [Husserl]
Pure consciousness is a sealed off system of actual Being [Husserl]
Absolute reality is an absurdity [Husserl]
We never meet the Ego, as part of experience, or as left over from experience [Husserl]
Phenomenology describes consciousness, in the light of pure experiences [Husserl]
Phenomenology needs absolute reflection, without presuppositions [Husserl]