Phenomenology of the Inapparent and Michel Henry’s Criticism of the Noematic Presentation of Alterity
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Hernán G Inverso
Abstract
Husserl’s explorations on intersubjectivity inspired many turns in contemporary philosophy. Among them, Michel Henry tries to show in what sense intentionality and constitution are not good phenomenological ways to explain the universal a priori of the experience of alterity. Indeed, his approach not only queries the noematic presentations of alterity but requires the adoption of a selfaffective perspective. However, we will suggest in this work that this theoretical option is compatible with Husserl’s phenomenological views. We will examine Henry’s criticism of the Husserlian approach in order to provide an interpretation that indicates the relevance of the phenomenology of the inapparent as a legitimate phenomenological field consistent with the original programme.
Abstract
Husserl’s explorations on intersubjectivity inspired many turns in contemporary philosophy. Among them, Michel Henry tries to show in what sense intentionality and constitution are not good phenomenological ways to explain the universal a priori of the experience of alterity. Indeed, his approach not only queries the noematic presentations of alterity but requires the adoption of a selfaffective perspective. However, we will suggest in this work that this theoretical option is compatible with Husserl’s phenomenological views. We will examine Henry’s criticism of the Husserlian approach in order to provide an interpretation that indicates the relevance of the phenomenology of the inapparent as a legitimate phenomenological field consistent with the original programme.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Table of Contents V
- List of Contributors 1
- Editors’ Introduction 3
- From Empathy to Intersubjectivity: The Phenomenological Approach 23
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Methodological and metaphysical issues
- Philosophy as a Fallible Science 47
- Back to Husserl. Reclaiming the Traditional Philosophical Context of the Phenomenological ‘Problem’ of the Other: Leibniz’s “Monadology” 63
- Plural Absolutes? Husserl and Merleau-Ponty on Being-In-a-Shared-World and its Metaphysical Implications 83
- Egological Reduction and Intersubjective Reduction 109
- Pathological Reduction and Hermeneutics of the Normal and the Pathological: the Convergence between Merleau-Ponty and Canguilhem 137
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The experience of self and other
- Empathy, Intersubjectivity, and the World-Orienting Other 165
- Self: Temporality, Finitude and Intersubjectivity 187
- Towards Self-divided Subjectivity. Merleau-Ponty’s Phenomenological- Ontological Theory of Intersubjectivity 201
- Phenomenology of the Inapparent and Michel Henry’s Criticism of the Noematic Presentation of Alterity 225
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Perception, emotion, and trust
- Listening to Others: Music and the Phenomenology of Hearing 243
- (Un)learning to see others. Perception, Types, and Position-Taking in Husserl’s Phenomenology 261
- Envy, Powerlessness, and the Feeling of Self-Worth 279
- Social Anxiety, Self-Consciousness, and Interpersonal Experience 303
- Trauma, Language, and Trust 323
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The social world: empathy, morality, and metapolitics
- Empathy, Sympathetic Respect, and the Foundations of Morality 345
- Tolerance: A Phenomenological Approach 363
- Anger, Hatred, Prejudice. An Aristotelian Perspective 389
- Habit, Attention and Affection: Husserlian Inflections 413
- Die äusserste Feindschaft: Heidegger, Anti-Judaism, and the War to End All Wars 435
- Heidegger’s Metapolitics: Phenomenology, Metaphysics, and the Volk 461
- Index 485
- Erratum 495
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Table of Contents V
- List of Contributors 1
- Editors’ Introduction 3
- From Empathy to Intersubjectivity: The Phenomenological Approach 23
-
Methodological and metaphysical issues
- Philosophy as a Fallible Science 47
- Back to Husserl. Reclaiming the Traditional Philosophical Context of the Phenomenological ‘Problem’ of the Other: Leibniz’s “Monadology” 63
- Plural Absolutes? Husserl and Merleau-Ponty on Being-In-a-Shared-World and its Metaphysical Implications 83
- Egological Reduction and Intersubjective Reduction 109
- Pathological Reduction and Hermeneutics of the Normal and the Pathological: the Convergence between Merleau-Ponty and Canguilhem 137
-
The experience of self and other
- Empathy, Intersubjectivity, and the World-Orienting Other 165
- Self: Temporality, Finitude and Intersubjectivity 187
- Towards Self-divided Subjectivity. Merleau-Ponty’s Phenomenological- Ontological Theory of Intersubjectivity 201
- Phenomenology of the Inapparent and Michel Henry’s Criticism of the Noematic Presentation of Alterity 225
-
Perception, emotion, and trust
- Listening to Others: Music and the Phenomenology of Hearing 243
- (Un)learning to see others. Perception, Types, and Position-Taking in Husserl’s Phenomenology 261
- Envy, Powerlessness, and the Feeling of Self-Worth 279
- Social Anxiety, Self-Consciousness, and Interpersonal Experience 303
- Trauma, Language, and Trust 323
-
The social world: empathy, morality, and metapolitics
- Empathy, Sympathetic Respect, and the Foundations of Morality 345
- Tolerance: A Phenomenological Approach 363
- Anger, Hatred, Prejudice. An Aristotelian Perspective 389
- Habit, Attention and Affection: Husserlian Inflections 413
- Die äusserste Feindschaft: Heidegger, Anti-Judaism, and the War to End All Wars 435
- Heidegger’s Metapolitics: Phenomenology, Metaphysics, and the Volk 461
- Index 485
- Erratum 495
