On the Naturalization of the Transcendental
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Elena Partene
Abstract
The relationship between Husserl and Kant is as much a story about continuities as it is about new beginnings. Despite their shared transcendental standpoint, many disagreements remain between them regarding their conceptions of transcendental subjectivity. This chapter focuses on Husserl’s criticism of Kant’s conception of transcendental structures,which implies that Kant’s transcendental theory is a form of naturalism. In particular, this chapter examines the relevance of Husserl’s reproach from a Kantian point of view and attempts to address the question whether it is possible to find, amidst the themes raised in the Critique of Pure Reason, an answer to Husserl’s accusations. I argue that by drawing the consequences of the explicit idea of an epigenesis of pure reason and of the implicit idea of subjective finitude, it is possible to provide a response to Husserl’s critiques. It is in fact the creativity of Kant’s philosophy that enabled him in some ways to anticipate the objections that Husserl later raised against his work.
Abstract
The relationship between Husserl and Kant is as much a story about continuities as it is about new beginnings. Despite their shared transcendental standpoint, many disagreements remain between them regarding their conceptions of transcendental subjectivity. This chapter focuses on Husserl’s criticism of Kant’s conception of transcendental structures,which implies that Kant’s transcendental theory is a form of naturalism. In particular, this chapter examines the relevance of Husserl’s reproach from a Kantian point of view and attempts to address the question whether it is possible to find, amidst the themes raised in the Critique of Pure Reason, an answer to Husserl’s accusations. I argue that by drawing the consequences of the explicit idea of an epigenesis of pure reason and of the implicit idea of subjective finitude, it is possible to provide a response to Husserl’s critiques. It is in fact the creativity of Kant’s philosophy that enabled him in some ways to anticipate the objections that Husserl later raised against his work.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Table of Contents v
- Husserl, Kant, and Transcendental Phenomenology 1
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Section I: The Transcendantal and the A priori
- The Meaning of the Transcendental in the Philosophies of Kant and Husserl 23
- The Ethics of the Transcendental 41
- The Phenomenological a priori as Husserlian Solution to the Problem of Kant’s “Transcendental Psychologism” 57
- On the Naturalization of the Transcendental 83
- Kant, Husserl, and the Aim of a “Transcendental Anthropology” 101
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Section II: The Ego and the Sphere of Otherness
- Transcendental Apperception and Temporalization 127
- “The Ego beside Itself” 143
- Kant and Husserl on Overcoming Skeptical Idealism through Transcendental Idealism 163
- “Pure Ego and Nothing More” 189
- Towards a Phenomenological Metaphysics 213
- The Transcendental Grounding of the Experience of the Other (Fremderfahrung) in Husserl’s Phenomenology 235
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Section III: Aesthetic, Logic, Science, Ethics
- Aesthetic, Intuition, Experience 259
- Synthesis and Identity 279
- Questions of Genesis as Questions of Validity 303
- Philosophical Scientists and Scientific Philosophers 333
- A Phenomenological Critique of Kantian Ethics 359
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Section IV: Transcendental Philosophy in Debate
- Is There a “Copernican” or an “Anti-Copernican” Revolution in Phenomenology? 391
- Back to Fichte? 411
- “An Explosive Thought:” Kant, Fink, and the Cosmic Concept of the World 439
- Eugen Fink’s Transcendental Phenomenology of the World 455
- Amphibian Dreams 479
- Husserlian Phenomenology in the Light of Microphenomenology 505
- Index of Persons 523
- Subject Index 527
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Table of Contents v
- Husserl, Kant, and Transcendental Phenomenology 1
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Section I: The Transcendantal and the A priori
- The Meaning of the Transcendental in the Philosophies of Kant and Husserl 23
- The Ethics of the Transcendental 41
- The Phenomenological a priori as Husserlian Solution to the Problem of Kant’s “Transcendental Psychologism” 57
- On the Naturalization of the Transcendental 83
- Kant, Husserl, and the Aim of a “Transcendental Anthropology” 101
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Section II: The Ego and the Sphere of Otherness
- Transcendental Apperception and Temporalization 127
- “The Ego beside Itself” 143
- Kant and Husserl on Overcoming Skeptical Idealism through Transcendental Idealism 163
- “Pure Ego and Nothing More” 189
- Towards a Phenomenological Metaphysics 213
- The Transcendental Grounding of the Experience of the Other (Fremderfahrung) in Husserl’s Phenomenology 235
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Section III: Aesthetic, Logic, Science, Ethics
- Aesthetic, Intuition, Experience 259
- Synthesis and Identity 279
- Questions of Genesis as Questions of Validity 303
- Philosophical Scientists and Scientific Philosophers 333
- A Phenomenological Critique of Kantian Ethics 359
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Section IV: Transcendental Philosophy in Debate
- Is There a “Copernican” or an “Anti-Copernican” Revolution in Phenomenology? 391
- Back to Fichte? 411
- “An Explosive Thought:” Kant, Fink, and the Cosmic Concept of the World 439
- Eugen Fink’s Transcendental Phenomenology of the World 455
- Amphibian Dreams 479
- Husserlian Phenomenology in the Light of Microphenomenology 505
- Index of Persons 523
- Subject Index 527
