THE BASIC PROBLEMSO F PHENOMENOLOGY Studiine Psh enomenoalnodg y ExistenPthilioaslo phy GE�'ERAL EDITOR JAMES M. EDIE CONSULTINEGD ITORS DaviCda rr WilliLaMm.c Bride EdwarSd.C asey J.N .M ohanty StanlCeayv ell MauriNcaet anson RoderMi.c kC hisholm FrederOilcakf son HuberLt.D reyfus PauRli coeur WilliEaamr le JohSna llis J.N .F indlay GeorgSec hrader DagfinFn¢ llesdal Calv0in.S chrag MarjGorreinee RoberSto kolowski DietHeern rich HerbeSrpti geelbge r DonI hde CharlTeasy lor EmmanueLle vinas SamueJl.T odes AlphonsLoi ngis BrucWe. W ilshire CONSULTANTSF ORH EIDEGGTERRA NSLATIONS AlberHto fstadter TheodoKries iel JohSna llis ThomaSsh eehan MartiHne idegger THE BASIC PROBLEMS OF PHENOMENOLOGY TranslaItnitorno,d ucatnidLo enx,i cboyn Hofstadter Albert RevisEeddi tion IndiUanniav ePrrseistsy BLOOMINGTO&N I NDIANAPOLIS Preparatainodn publicoaftt ihiobsno okw erea idebdy g rantfsro mt he PrografmosTr r anslatainodnP su blicatoifot nhseN ationEanld owment fort heH umanitiaensi ,n dependfeendte raagle ncy. Thibso oki sa p ublicaotfio n IndiaUnnai versPirteys s 601N ortMho rtoSnt reet BloomingtIoNn 4,7 404-37U9SA7 http/:i/u press.indiana.edu Telephoorndee r8s0 0-842-6796 Faxo rder8s1 2-855-7931 Orderbsye -maiilu [email protected] PublishienGd e rmana sD ieG rzmdprobdleerPm heii nomenologie © 197b5y V ittoKrlioos termann FirMsitd lanBdo oke diti1o9n8,8 © 198b2y I ndiaUnnai versPirteys s Allr ighrtess erved No parotf t hibso okm ayb er eproducoerud t iliiznea dn yf ormo rb y anym eanse,l ectroornm iecc hanicianlc,l udpihngo tocopyainndgr ecording, orb ya nyi nformatsitoonr aagned r etriesvyaslt ewmi,t houpetr missiino n writifnrgo mt hep ublishTehreA. s sociatoifAo mne ricaUnn iversPirteys ses' ResolutoinoP ne rmissicoonnss tittuhteoe nsl eyx cepttiootn h ipsr ohibition. Thep apeurs edi nt hipsu blicamteieotnts h em inimumr equiremeonft s AmericaNna tionSatla ndafrodrI nformatSicoine nces-PermaonfeP nacpee r forP rintLeidb raMrayt eriaAlNsS,I2 39.48-1984. Manufactuirnet dhe U niteSdta teosf A merica LibraorfyC ongreCsast aloging-in-PuDbaltiac ation HeideggMearr,t i1n8,8 9-1976. Theb asipcr obleomfsp henomenology. (Studiienps h enomenolaongdye xistenpthiiallo sophy) TranslaotfiD:oi ne G rundprobldeemreP hanomenologie. 1.P henomenology-Addreessssaeysls,e, c tures. I.T itlIeI.S. e ries B3279.H48G78131 42'.7 80-8379 ISBN9 78-0-253-17687-5 AACR2 ISBN9 78-0-253-20487-3 (pbk.) 10 11 12 13 13 12 11 10 Contents TRANSLATOR's PREFACE xi ' TRANSLATORS INTRODUCTION XV Introduction §1 .Exp ositiaonngd e nedriavli osfti hotenh eme 1 §2 .Th e concoepfpt h ilpohsyPo.h ilosaonpwdho yr ld-view 4 §3 .P hilosaossp chiyeno cfbe e ing 11 §4 .Th ef outrh easbeosbu eti anngtd h bea spirco bloemfps h enomenol1o5 gy §5 .The charaocfot nert olomgeitchTaohldet . h rbeaesc iocm ponoefn ts phenomenolomgeitchaold 19 §6 .Ou tlionfte h ceo urse 23 PARTO NE CritiPchaeln omenoloDgiisccauls sion ofS omeT raditiTohneaslae bso uBte ing ChapOtneer KantT'hse siBse:i nIgsN ota R eaPlr edicate 27 § 7.The contoeftn ht.Kae n tian thesis 27 §8 .P henomen ologaincaalloy fts hieesxp lanaotfti hoceno ncoefbp eti ng oro fexi stencgei vbeyKn a nt 4 3 a)B ein(ge xist[eDnacsee iEnx,i steVnozr,h andenseaibnsjo)l,u te positiaonndp, e rception 43 b)P erceivpienrgc,e ivpeedr,c eivedDniesstsi.n cbteitowne epne r- ceivednaensdts h ee xtantonfet shsee xtant 4 7 §9 .D emonstroaftt hineoe nef doa rm or.fuen damefnotrmaull aotfti hoen probolftem h teh easniodsfa m orrea difcoauln doaftt ihpoirnso blem49 a)T hei nadequoafcp ys ycholaosga y p ositsicviee nfcoert heo n- tologeilcuacli daotfpi eornc eption 49 b)T heo ntologciocnaslt itoufpt eirocne ptIinotne.n tioannadtl riatny- scendence 55 vi Contents c)I ntentioannadlu intdye rstanodfbi enign Ugn.c overed(npeesrs- ceivednoefbs esi)n agnsd d iscloseodfbn eeisnsg 67 ChapTtweor T heT hesoifsM edievOanlt oloDgeyr ivferdo Amr istotle: Tot heC onstituotfti hoeBn e inogfa B einTgh erBee long EssenacnedE xistence 77 §10The. contoeftn htte h easniidst tsr aditdiiosncausls ion 77 a)P revioefwt het raditionalo fic noqnutiefrxoytrt hed istinction betweeesns enatnidae xistentia 77 b)P relimionuatrlyi onfee s s(ee nse)s,s entainade, x isteinntt ihae horizoofnt hea ncieanntdS cholausntdiecr stanodfti hnegm 83 c)T hed istincbteitowne en esasneden xtiisat einntS icah olasticism (ThomaAsq uinaDsu,n sS cotuSsu,a rez) 88 a)T heT homistdiocct rionfet hed istinrcetailboie st ween essenatnidae xisteinnet nitace r eate 91 j3)T heS cotidsotcitcr oifnt eh ed istinmcotdiaol (ifso rmalis) betweeesns enatnidae xisteinnet nitace r eate 93 "Y)S uarez' doocftt hreid nies tinscotliraoa tiobneitsw een essenatnidea x isteinnet nitace r eate 94 §11P.h enomen ologcilcaarlifi coaftt hipeor no bulnedme rtlhyseie ncgo nd thesis 99 a)T heq uestoifot nh eo rigoifne ssenatnidea x istentia 100 b)R eturtno t hep roductciovmep ortmeonftt h eD aseitno ward beinagssi mplihcoirti zoofun n derstanfdoierns gs enatnidea x is- tentia 106 §12P.r oooftf h ien adequate offto htuern addaitttirioeonan tmaoenlftt h e �b� 1U a)I ntentional asntdtr hueucn tduerres tanodfbi enigni gnp roductive comportment 112 b)T hei nnecro nnectbieotnw eeann cie(nmte dievaanldK) a ntian ontology 117 c)N ecessfiotrry e striacntdim nogd ifyitnhges econtdh esBiass.i c articulaotfbi eoinn agn do ntologdiicfafle rence 119 Chapter TThheT rheeesio sfM oderOnn toloTghye:B asiWca yso f BeinAgr et heB einogf N atur(eR es Extaenndst ah)e BeinogfM ind( ReCso gitans) 122 §13C.h aracteorfit zhoaent tioolno dgiisctailnb cettiwroeenenes x tensa andr ecso gitwainttshh aei odf t hKaen tiafno nnulaotfit ohne problem 122 Contents vii a)T he modoerrine nttaotwiaotrnhds e u bjietcmsto ;t iavsne o t fundamental-aonnidtt dosel poegnidcoeantnl rc;ae d iotnitoonla-l ogy 123 b)K antc'osn cepotfei goaonn dn ature a(nsodub bjjeeaccntthd) i s definiotfti hosenu bjescutb'jse ctivity 125 a)P ersontarlaintsacse ndentalis 125 f3)P ersonpaslyicthaosl ogica 129 "()P ersonmaolriatlaiss 131 c)K anto'nst olodgiiscjaulno cfpt eirosnao nndt hi[nSga cThhee] . ontolocgoincsatlio tftu htpeie ornsa osan ne nd-in-itsel1f37 §14P.h enomen ologcirciatloi ftq huKaeen tiasno luatniddoem no nstra- tioonft hnee etdop ostehq eu esitfunino dna menptrali nciple1 40 a)C riteixcaamli noaftK iaonnti 'nst erproefpt eartsioonnma olritas aliAsd.u mbraotfti hooenn tolodgeitcearlm inofat thmieoo rnasl persbounat v oidoaftn hcbeea spirco bloefim tm so doef b eing 140 b)C ritical eoxfKa amnitin'nastt eiropnr oefpt eartsioonna litas tran scendeHnitnsae lgiast.i ve deomfto hniesm tproastsioiofban in l ity ontoloignitcearlp roeftt haIet- itohni nk 142 c)B eiinntg h see nosfbe e ing-praoshd ourcieozdfuo nnd erstanding frot hpee rsaosfin n imteen tsaulb stance 147 §15The. .fu ndamenptraolb olftem h meu ltipolfwi acyoisfbt eyi anngod f thuen iotyft hceo ncoepfbt e iinngg en eral 154 a)I niptrieavloi fet hwee x istceonntsitailot ftu htDeia osne Cionm. mencemweinttth h seu bjectr-eolbaj(tericecotsgoni tans-res exteanssam a i)s taokfti hneegx istceonntsitailot ftu htbeie oinn g oft hobseei nwghsou ndersbteainndg 154 b)T heD asediinr eicttstseo lwfab redi nignas m anntehrau tn der stanbdesi nagn,di nt hisse lf-ditrhesece itlsifc o onn comitantly unveiTlheeDd a.s efianc'tsei vcearly day unodfei rtssatesal nfd ing reflecftriootmnh t eh inwgistw hh iicithsc oncerned 158 c)M orrea diicnatle rproefit natteinotnif ooenrla ulciitdeyav teirnyg dasye lf-understandinga.sf oBuenidnaogtfi-i niotnne- nt-he-world tionality 161 a)E quipmeeqnuti,p mceonnttaelxa tnuwdro er,lB de.i ng-in- the-waonridln dt raworldliness 162 f3)T hef or-the-sakMei-noefn-aeswsb hsai scfiohsir. n au- thenatniadcu thesnetlifc- understanding 170 d)R esuolftt h aen aliynsr iesg atrod tprhien cpirpoabllo eftm h e multipolfwi acyoisftb ye ianngtd h uen iotfty h ceo ncoefbp eti ng1 73 viii Contents ChaptFeourr T heT hesoifLs o giEcv:e rBye inRge,g ardolfIe tsss PartiWcauylo afBr e inCga,nB eA ddresansTdea dl ked AboubtyM eanosft h"eI sT.h"eB eionfgt hCeo pula1 77 §16D.e lineoaftt ihooenn t olopgriocbalolemft hceop ulwai trhe ferentcoe somceh aractaerrguimensttsii nct hceo urosfe htihset ooflry o gic 179 a)B eiinntg h see nosfte h "ei osfa" s seritnci oomnb intahtionrkyi ng inA ristotle 180 b)T heb eionfgt hceo puilnta h heo riozfwo hna tn(eessss einnt ia) ThomaHso bbes 183 c)T heb eionftg h ceo puilnta h heo riozfwo hna tn(eessss eanntdi a) actua(lenxeissst ienJn othSinta ulMa irlt l 192 d)T heb eionfgt hceo pualnadt hteh eoorfdy o ubjlued gmienn t HermaLnont ze 198 e)T hed iffeirnetnetr proeftt ahtbeie oionnfgst hceo pualnadt he wanotfr adiicnaqlu iry 201 §17B.e inasg c opulaan dt hpeh enomen ologpircoabll oemfa ssertio2n0 5 a)I nadequatea naddse sfiunriaotnftic hoepen h enomeonfao sns er- tion 205 b)P henomenodliosgpiolcfsaa eylv eersasle nsttiraulco tfau srseesr tioTnh.ei ntentcioomnpaolr tomfae snste rtainoidnt f so undation inb eing-in-the-world 207 c)A sseratsci oomnm unicdaettievremleiyxn hainbtai nttdih o"eni s" oft hceo puUlnav.e ileodfbneeisnisgnt s h ebieria nngdd i fferentia tioonft huen derstoafnb deiiannsggo ntolopgriecsaulp position fotrh ien diff"eiorsfe"a n sts ertion 210 §18A.s serttiruotnthah,lie d eoaft rutihng eneral,a ndi trse lattioto hne concoepftb eing 213 a)T heb eingo-fta rsusee ratsui novne iling. aUnnddci osvcelroisn-g inagsw ayosfu nveiling 213 b)T hei ntentsitornuacoltf uu nrvee iTlhiene gx.i stmeondtoeif a l beionfgt ruUtnhv.e ileadsdn eetsesr mionfat thbieeo inon fga being 217 c)U nveileodfwn heastsna ensdas c tuailnnt eh"seis os f"a ssertion. Thee xistemnotdieoa fbl e ionfgt ruatnhdt hper evenotfi on subjecmtiisviisnttiecr pretations 218 d)T hee xistmeondtoeif ab le ionfgt ruatnhdt hbea soinct ological questoifto hnme e anionfbg e iinngg e neral 222