Language and the Phenomenological Reductions of Edmund Husserl

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Phenomenology
Cover of the book Language and the Phenomenological Reductions of Edmund Husserl by S. Cunningham, Springer Netherlands
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: S. Cunningham ISBN: 9789401013895
Publisher: Springer Netherlands Publication: December 6, 2012
Imprint: Springer Language: English
Author: S. Cunningham
ISBN: 9789401013895
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Publication: December 6, 2012
Imprint: Springer
Language: English

It was while reading HusserI's Cartesian Meditations that the subject of the present volume first occurred to me. And in a way I am offering a somewhat oblique commentary on HusserI's Meditations - "oblique" because it is not a systematic elucidation of the entire text. Nonetheless, it is primarily with the task of the Meditations that I am concerned. It is there that the antipathy between natural ~anguage and HusserI's quest for certainty come clearIy into focus. (Other texts are cited insofar as they shed light on this central work or illustrate the fact that HusserI did not significantly alter his position on the problem. ) My purpose here is to further sharpen that focus, showing that the consciousness within the phenomenological reductions is essentially language­ using. Working with the Wittgensteinian insight regarding "pri­ vate languages," I attempt to show that a language-using con­ sciousness cannot effectively divorce itself from its social context and is unable, therefore, to perform the radical phenomenological reductions. Solipsism, then, is never a genuine problem, but nei­ ther is the elimination of all existential commitments a genuine possibility. Finally, I conclude that language-use bridges the distinction between essence and existence, the transcendental and the transcendent, the ideal and the real-making the phenomeno­ logical method incapable of providing the apodictic foundations on which all metaphysics and science will be rebuilt.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

It was while reading HusserI's Cartesian Meditations that the subject of the present volume first occurred to me. And in a way I am offering a somewhat oblique commentary on HusserI's Meditations - "oblique" because it is not a systematic elucidation of the entire text. Nonetheless, it is primarily with the task of the Meditations that I am concerned. It is there that the antipathy between natural ~anguage and HusserI's quest for certainty come clearIy into focus. (Other texts are cited insofar as they shed light on this central work or illustrate the fact that HusserI did not significantly alter his position on the problem. ) My purpose here is to further sharpen that focus, showing that the consciousness within the phenomenological reductions is essentially language­ using. Working with the Wittgensteinian insight regarding "pri­ vate languages," I attempt to show that a language-using con­ sciousness cannot effectively divorce itself from its social context and is unable, therefore, to perform the radical phenomenological reductions. Solipsism, then, is never a genuine problem, but nei­ ther is the elimination of all existential commitments a genuine possibility. Finally, I conclude that language-use bridges the distinction between essence and existence, the transcendental and the transcendent, the ideal and the real-making the phenomeno­ logical method incapable of providing the apodictic foundations on which all metaphysics and science will be rebuilt.

More books from Springer Netherlands

Cover of the book Barriers Between Women by S. Cunningham
Cover of the book Protecting Danube River Basin Resources by S. Cunningham
Cover of the book Dynamics of Complex Quantum Systems by S. Cunningham
Cover of the book The Exploitation of Mammal Populations by S. Cunningham
Cover of the book Insulin & Related Proteins — Structure to Function and Pharmacology by S. Cunningham
Cover of the book Compositionality, Context and Semantic Values by S. Cunningham
Cover of the book Burma’s Constitution by S. Cunningham
Cover of the book Choctaw Verb Agreement and Universal Grammar by S. Cunningham
Cover of the book Outline of Dani Morphology by S. Cunningham
Cover of the book Zoo Talk by S. Cunningham
Cover of the book Hegel and the Sciences by S. Cunningham
Cover of the book Concepts and Measurement of Quality of Life in Health Care by S. Cunningham
Cover of the book Lipid Biochemistry: An Introduction by S. Cunningham
Cover of the book Cleavage, Connection and Conflict in Rural, Urban and Contemporary Asia by S. Cunningham
Cover of the book The Phenomenology of Man and of the Human Condition by S. Cunningham
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy