Roman Ingarden's Ontology and Aesthetics

263 Pages·1997·15.7 MB·English

by  Jeff Mitsecherling

ROMAN INGARDEN'S
ONTOLOGY AND
AESTHETICS
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PHILOSOPHICA No. 49
ROMAN INGARDEN'S
ONTOLOGY AND
AESTHETICS
Jeff MITSCHERLING
With a foreword by
Raymond KLIBANSKY
UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA PRESS
The Philosophica series covers works dealing with perennial questions of
and history of philosophy. The series particularly seeks works written with-
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Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data
Mitscherling, Jeffrey Anthony
Roman Ingarden's Ontology and Aesthetics
(Philosophica; 49)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-7766-0435-X (bound)
ISBN 0-7766-0425-2 (pbk.)
1. Ingarden, Roman, 1893-1970—Aesthetics. 2. Ingarden, Roman,
1893-1970—Contributions in ontology. I. Title. II. Series: Collection Philo-
sophica; 49.
B4691.I534M58 1996 lll'.85'092 C96-900918-6
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To the memory of my teacher
JAKOB AMSTUTZ
with love, gratitude, and respect
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CONTENTS
Foreword XI
Preface and Acknowledgments XIII
Introduction 1
A. Purpose and Structure of the Present Study 1
B. Ingarden's Realist Response to Husserl's
Transcendental Idealism 5
Notes 7
Chapter One
A Sketch of Ingarden's Life, Career, and Works 9
Notes 23
Chapter Two
Ingarden's Interpretation of Husserl 41
A. Introduction: Husserl and Metaphysical Idealism ... 41
B. Ingarden's Interpretation of Husserl 49
1. The Concept of Philosophy as Rigorous
Science 51
2. The Appropriate Method of Epistemology
(The Phenomenological Reduction) 55
3. The Analysis of Perception and the Theory of
Constitution 57
4. The Formal-ontological Foundations of
Husserl's Idealist Solution 62
C. Summary 65
Notes 65
Chapter Three
Controversy Over the Existence of the World 79
A. Introduction: The Genesis, Task, and Structure of
Controversy 79
B. Central Analyses and Conclusions of Controversy,
Parts I and II 86
1. Preliminary Remarks: Summary of
Chapters 1 and 2 (§§1-9) 86
(a) Existential-ontological Questions 87
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Roman Ingarden's Ontology and Aesthetics
(b) Formal-ontological Questions 87
(c) Material-ontological Questions 88
2. Existential Ontology (Controversy, Part I) 88
(a) Analysis of Chapter 3 (§§10-17) 88
(i) Existential Autonomy and Existential
Heteronomy (§12) 90
(ii) Existential Originality and Existential
Derivation (§13) 91
(iii) Existential Separateness and
Existential Inseparateness (§14) 93
(iv) Existential Self-dependence and
Existential Contingency (§15) 95
3. Formal Ontology, 1: Form and Essence
(Controversy, Part II/l) 99
(a) Analysis of Chapter 9 (§§46-48) 100
C. Summary: Controversy and Ingarden's Studies
in Aesthetics 110
Notes Ill
Chapter Four
The Literary Work of Art 123
A. Introduction: Ingarden's Prefaces to the First and
Second Editions of LWA 123
B. Exposition of LWA 125
1. Preliminary Questions (LWA, Part I) 125
2. The Structure of the Literary Work of Art
(LWA, Part II) 128
(a) The Stratum of Linguistic Sound
Formations 129
(b) The Stratum of Meaning Units 132
(c) The Stratum of Represented Objectivities ... 135
(d) The Stratum of Schematized Aspects 137
3. Conclusions (LWA, Part III) 139
C. Analyses of Two Texts 140
1. "The Dead" 140
2. "The Raven" 143
D. Summary: LWA and Ingarden's Philosophical
Program as a Whole 152
Notes 156
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Contents
Chapter Five
Ingarden's Analyses of Other Sorts of Artworks 163
A. Introduction 163
B. The Dramatic Work of Art 164
C. The Musical Work 167
D. The Picture 175
E. The Architectural Work 182
F. Summary: The Work of Art as Schematic
Formation 185
Notes 187
Chapter Six
Ingarden and Contemporary Aesthetics 193
A. Introduction: Ingarden's Influence 193
B. Ingarden and Contemporary Philosophical
Hermeneutics 196
C. Artist's Intention and 'The Idea of the Work' 202
D. From Phenomenological Aesthetics to Realist
Metaphysics: The Turn to Intentional Being 207
Notes 209
Bibliography of Works Cited 215
Index of Subjects 227
Index of Proper Names 235
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