The Turning Points of the New Phenomenological Era: Husserl Research — Drawing upon the Full Extent of His Development Book 1 Phenomenology in the World Fifty Years after the Death of Edmund Husserl

569 Pages·1991·27.28 MB·English

by  Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka (auth.)

THE TURNING POINTS OF THE NEW PHENOMENOLOGICAL ERA
ANALECTA HUSSERLIANA
THE YEARBOOK OF PHENOMENOLOGICAL RESEARCH
VOLUME XXXIV
Editor-in - Chief:
ANNA-TERESA TYMIENIECKA
The World Institute for Advanced Phenomenological Research and Learning
Belmont, Massachusetts
PHENOMENOLOGY IN THE WORLD
FIFTY YEARS AFTER THE DEATH OF EDMUND HUSSERL
Book 1 THE TURNING POINTS OF THE NEW PHENOMENOLOGICAL ERA
Husserl Research — Drawing upon the Full Extent of His Development
Book 2 HUSSERLIAN PHENOMENOLOGY IN A NEW KEY
Intersubjectivity, Ethos, the Societal Sphere, Human Encounter, Pathos
Book 3 HUSSERL'S LEGACY IN PHENOMENOLOGICAL PHILOSOPHIES
New Approaches to Reason, Language, Hermeneutics, the Human Condition
Book 4 NEW QUERIES IN AESTHETICS AND METAPHYSICS
Time, Historicity, Art, Culture, Metaphysics, the Transnatural
THE TURNING POINTS
OF THE NEW
P H E N O M E N O L O G I C AL E RA
Husserl Research — Drawing upon the
Full Extent of His Development
BOOK 1
Phenomenology in the World
Fifty Years after the Death of
Edmund Husserl
Edited by
A N N A - T E R E SA T Y M I E N I E C KA
The World Phenomenology Institute
Published under the auspices of
The World Institute for Advanced Phenomenological Research and Learning
A-T. Tymieniecka, President
If
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The Turning points of the new phenomeno 1 og 1 ca 1 era : Husserl research
drawing upon the full extent of his development / edited by Anna
-Teresa Tymienlecka.
p. cm. — (Analecta Husserllana ; v. 34) (Phenomenology in
the world fifty years after the death of Husserl ; bk. 1)
English, French, and German.
Chiefly papers from the First World Congress of Phenomenology held
1n Santiago de Compostela, Spain, Sept. 26-0ct. 1, 1988.
"Published under the auspices of the World Institute for Advanced
Phenomeno 1 og 1 ca 1 Research and Learning."
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-94-010-5533-8 ISBN 978-94-011-3464-4 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-94-011-3464-4
1. Phenomenology—Congresses. 2. Husserl, Edmund. 1859-1938-
-Congresses. I. Tymienlecka, Anna-Teresa. II. World Congress of
Phenomenology (1st : 1988 : Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
III. Series. IV. Series: Phenomenology In the world fifty years
after the death of Husserl ; bk. 1.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS U
ANNA-TERESA TYMIENIECKA I World-Wide Phenomenol-
ogyFulfillingHusserl'sProject:AnIntroduction Xl
ROBERT WISE and JUAN CARLOS COUCEIRO BUENO I
Phenomenology in the World Fifty Years after the Death of
EdmundHusserl:AReport XXI
INAUGURAL STUDIES
THE TURNING POINTS OF THE
NEW PHENOMENOLOGICAL ERA
Life, the Critique ofReason, EmbodiedSubjectivity,
the Human Being, theSocietal World, Nature,
the Creative Experience
ANNA-TERESA TYMIENIECKA I Phenomenology of Life
and the New Critique ofReason: From Husserl's Philosophy
tothePhenomenologyofLifeandoftheHumanCondition 3
FERNANDO MONTEROI TheConstructionofSubjectivity 17
ARION L. KELKEL I Husserl and the Anthropological Voca-
tionofPhenomenology 35
LOTHAR ELEY I Was ist und was leistet eine phanomeno
logische Theorie der sozialen Welt? Anmerkungen zur
SozialtheorievonHegelundHusserl 57
JORGE GARC1A-G6MEZ I Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka's Phe
nomenology of Creative Experience and the Critique of
Reason 77
ROBERTO J. WALTONI Natureand the"PrimalHorizon" 97
v
vi TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART ONE
HUSSERL RESEARCH: FOUNDATIONAL QUESTIONS
OF HUSSERL'S THOUGHT REVISITED
FRAN<;OIS LARUELLE / La Science des phenomenes et la
critiquedeladecisionphenomenologique 115
S0REN GOSVIG OLESEN/ Variation 129
NELYA MOTROSHILOVA / The Phenomenology of Edmund
Husserl and the Natural Sciences - Juxtaposition or Co-
operation? 139
TADASHI OGAWA / Husserl und die Vorstruktur des Be
wusstseins - Eine rekonstruktive Uberlegung von dem
strukturalenGesichtspunkt 151
PIOTR DAWIDZIAK / The Organizing Principle of the Cogni-
tive Process or the Mode of Existence: Husserl's and
Ingarden'sConceptsofAttitude 163
LUIGIA DI PINTO / The Archeology of Modalization in
Husserl:FromAnalogies toPassiveSynthesis 179
FRANCISCO SALTO ALEMANY / In Continuity: A Reflection
onthePassiveSynthesisofSameness 195
DARKO POLSEK / Phenomenology as a Methodological
ResearchProgram 203
TOMAS SODEIKA / Psychologism and Description in Hus-
serl'sPhenomenology 219
PART TWO
THE CONSTITUTION OF MEANING
AND OBJECTIVITY
MIGUEL GARCtA-BAR6/SomePuzzlesonEssence 233
OSVALDO ROSSI/Method and Ontology: Reflections on
EdmundHusserl 255
ANTONIO GUTIERREZ POZO / The Meaning of Thought's
NearnesstoMeaninginHusserlianPhenomenology 263
CHAN WING-CHEUK/ FoundednessandMotivation 269
MAIJA KULE / The Ontological Pre-conditions of Under-
standingandtheFormationofMeaning 279
CLAUDE GANDELMAN / Philosophy as a Sign-Producing
Activity:TheMetastableGestaltofIntentionality 287
TABLE OF CONTENTS Vll
JORGE GARCfA-G6MEZ I Perceptual Consciousness, Materi-
ality,andIdealism 299
MATJAZ POTRC I A Naturalistic and Evolutionary Account
ofContent 357
PART THREE
REASON AND RATIONALITY
SLAWOMIRA WALCZEWSKA I Husserl vs. Dilthey - A
ControversyovertheConceptofReason 369
KATHLEEN HANEYI Husserl'sCritiqueofReason 377
ANNA ESCHER DI STEFANO I Is There a Dichotomy in
Husserl'sThought? 399
THERESA PENTZOPOULOU VALALAS I Phenomenology
andTeleology:HusserlandFichte 409
J.-CLAUDE PIGUET I La Phenomenologie refuse l'abstraction
etlaformalisation 427
GARY E. OVERVOLD I The Foundationalist Conflict in
Husserl'sRationalism 441
PART FOUR
INTUITION, PHENOMENOLOGICAL REDUCTION,
AND CERTAINTY
ZELJKO PAVICI DieSelbstintentionalitatderWelt 455
JOSEF SIVAK I L"'Exigence d'une phenomenologie asubjec-
tive"etlanoematique 465
ROMANO ROMANII NotesonHusserlandKant 475
MAREK J. SIEMEK I Husserl and the Heritage of Transcen-
dentalPhilosophy 483
MARIA L. CORTE-REALI OnContradiction 493
MARIA JOSE CANTISTA I The Meaning of 'Radical Founda-
tion'inHusserl:TheOutlineofanInterpretation 501
WOLFGANG KIENZLER I What Is a Phenomenon? The
ConceptofPhenomenoninHusserl'sPhenomenology 517
ADELHEID HAMACHER-HERMES I The Debate between
Husserl and Voigt Concerning the Logic of Content and
ExtensionalLogic 529
INDEX OF NAMES 549
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
As this four-book opus is going to print, ready to be presented to the
scholarly public as a panorama ofthe world-wide expansion and wealth
of phenomenology today, I wish to express thanks to all who made this
monumental publication possible. In the first place, our thanks are due
to those who made it possible for us to hold our First World Congress
ofPhenomenology at Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 26 September-1
October, 1988 - to the Spanish Organizing Committee, headed by
Professor Fernando Montero Moliner, and to the University of San
tiago de Compostela, represented by Professor Carlos A. Baliiias, head
of the Department of Philosophy, who were our co-organizers and
hosts. It is chiefly from the material ofthe Congress that the articles of
this publication have been selected. We are also grateful to the Spanish
institutions enumerated in our report, "Phenomenology in the World
Fifty Years after the Death ofEdmund Husserl," and in the Program of
theCongress,fortheirgenerousfinancialsupport.
I want also to thank Professor Marlies Kronegger for her expert
organization and direction of one of our symposia at the XVIIIth
World Congress of Philosophy in Brighton, England in that same
anniversary year, from which several papers included in these volumes
wereselected.
Particular thanks are due to my assistant, Mr. Robert Wise, for his
dedicated cooperation in the preparations for the Santiago congress
and for his personal commitment to the excellence ofthe editorial work
for such a body of material, most of which is in translation. His
contribution to the stylistic quality ofthis publication cannot be enough
appreciated.
I am also thankful to Mr. Mark Oliver for his copy-editing of a
numberofstudies.
A-T. TYMIENIECKA
IX
ANNA-TERESA TYMIENIECKA
WORLD-WIDE PHENOMENOLOGY FULFILLING
HUSSERL'S PROJECT
AnIntroduction
What is the status ofHusserl's phenomenology today? Does it play any
significant role or is it relegated to strictly historical research? Has the
phenomenology initiated by Husserl come to an end? There is hardly
any orthodox Husserlian today. But what is or could be an orthodox
Husserlian?
These questions come to mind when, even after fifty years of
discussions among scholars since the death of this great master of
phenomenology, we do not have a unified interpretation ofhis thought.
Moreover, such a unifying interpretation is altogether impossible in
view of Husserl's unfolding of his ever-expanding doctrine down to the
very end of his life, and of his reaching ever-new perspectives. The
possibility ofa consensus about his thought recedes further and further
as rival or competing interpretations have stimulated new phenome
nologists and younger representatives to move in their own directions,
often stimulated by non-Husserlian factors and nourished by new ideas.
Lastly, the now vast field of research claiming allegiance to phenome
nology is diversified into numerous sectors inspired by the developing
thoughtofotherclassicphenomenologistsandtheirfollowers.
As a matter of fact, it is often pointed out that phenomenology as a
philosophical trend is not due to one single thinker but was somehow
"in the air" at the beginning of this century. We trace its direct origins
to Franz Brentano and Edmund Husserl who, as the disciple inter
preting the master's intuitions in his own fashion, had elaborated the
starting point and foundations of phenomenology as a philosophia
prima. Yet, we acknowledge that the vigor, decisiveness, convincing
force, dissemination, as well as its launching as a new philosophical
approach by Husserl was supported, invigorated and carried out by
colleagues and friends who gathered around Husserl, such as Moritz
Geiger, Fritz Kaufmann, Adolph Reinach, A. Pfaender, Oscar Becker
and Max Scheler. They joined Husserl in his convictions while he
inspired and formed a group of students around him. Their work not
only contributed initially to launching the main porte parole ofthis new
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way of thinking, the Jahrbuch fUr Philosophie, but their own original
phenomenological research has inspired in the past and is now inspiring
phenomenological investigations in various regions of philosophical
questionsthattheyrespectivelyundertooktoinvestigate.
In short, it is obvious that the powerful current ofthought into which
phenomenology gathered its momentum was the result of the meeting
of several minds, meeting in a strong conviction and prompted by their
personal inventive and talented efforts. It was truly a significant
moment in the history of Occidental culture that gave rise to this trend
as it is certainly also a significant situation of contemporary culture at
large that phenomenology, after having formed a school ofthought, did
not fold its wings after one or two generations as did NeoKantianism
but rather is being acutely heard within the world, not only Occidental
or Oriental, but within the world wherever the present culture calls for
genuinephilosophicalinspiration.
In view of this vast expanse of thought and research which go on in
the present day in lines of innumerable diversifications, we naturally
must ask whether there is still a trend of shared features that could fall
under the common label of "phenomenology." I answer this question
emphatically in the affirmative. It is precisely in pointing to some basic
ideasofHusserlthattheyconverge.
Don't we find, in fact, a pervading thread of the idea of inten
tionality, although extended to new areas? Is not the expansion of
phenomenological inquiry due to the discovery ofthe work ofconstitu
tion in previously unsuspected areas? In mentioning here just these
two main tenets of classic phenomenology expanded into present-day
thought, we cannot overlook the fulguration of thought provoked by
inquiries into the later Husserl's intuitions and the subsequent dis
coveries of historical, cultural and life elements entering into and
affectingpresentexperience.
Recognizing, on the one hand, the essential contributions to the
classic phenomenological foundation-laying phase of phenomenology
by Husserl's associates, then and now a valid source of our investiga
tion, and, on the other hand, the innovative philosophical work by the
following generation, Sartre, Merleau-Ponty, Rombach and others not
forgetting such mavericks as Heidegger and Ortega y Gasset which
improved upon the pioneering ideas of the Husserl of his earlier and
middle period, we cannot fail to acknowledge the central role which the
work of Husserl plays within the entire phenomenologically oriented