The basic distinctions in Der Streit
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Ingvar Johansson
Ingvar Johansson (b. 1943) is Professor Emeritus at Umeå University 〈ingvar.johansson@philos.umu.se〉. His research interests include ontology and philosophy of science. His publications includeA critique of Karl Popper's methodology (1975);Ontological investigations: An inquiry into the categories of nature, man, and society (2004 [1989]); andMedicine & philosophy: A twenty-first century introduction (with N. Lynøe, 2008).
Abstract
The paper presents Ingarden's views on what he calls “modes of being” (“ways of existence”) and “existential moments”; the latter being constitutive parts of the former. Mainstream analytic philosophy has been dominated by the view that “existence” can mean only existence simpliciter. Ingarden, on the other hand, discerns four possible modes of being, one of which is of special interest to semiotics: purely intentional being. It is of relevance for the ontological understanding not only of texts, but also of pictures and other sign-related entities. At the end, an extrapolated Ingardenian semiotic triangle is presented.
About the author
Ingvar Johansson (b. 1943) is Professor Emeritus at Umeå University 〈ingvar.johansson@philos.umu.se〉. His research interests include ontology and philosophy of science. His publications include A critique of Karl Popper's methodology (1975); Ontological investigations: An inquiry into the categories of nature, man, and society (2004 [1989]); and Medicine & philosophy: A twenty-first century introduction (with N. Lynøe, 2008).
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Articles in the same Issue
- Masthead
- Introduction
- Approaching the abstract: Building blocks for an epistemology of abstract objects
- The ideal as real and as purely intentional: Ingarden-based reflections
- Making sense together: A dynamical account of linguistic meaning-making
- An example of the “synthetic a priori”: On how it helps us to widen our philosophical horizons
- The generality of signs: The actual relevance of anti-psychologism
- Sensory imagination and narrative perspective: Explaining perceptual focalization
- The basic distinctions in Der Streit
- The Wolf: Ingarden to the narratological rescue. A few remarks on a messy situation within the theory of fiction
- Roman Ingarden's theory of reader experience: A critical assessment
- Varieties of intentional objects
- More than an attitude: Roman Ingarden's aesthetics
Articles in the same Issue
- Masthead
- Introduction
- Approaching the abstract: Building blocks for an epistemology of abstract objects
- The ideal as real and as purely intentional: Ingarden-based reflections
- Making sense together: A dynamical account of linguistic meaning-making
- An example of the “synthetic a priori”: On how it helps us to widen our philosophical horizons
- The generality of signs: The actual relevance of anti-psychologism
- Sensory imagination and narrative perspective: Explaining perceptual focalization
- The basic distinctions in Der Streit
- The Wolf: Ingarden to the narratological rescue. A few remarks on a messy situation within the theory of fiction
- Roman Ingarden's theory of reader experience: A critical assessment
- Varieties of intentional objects
- More than an attitude: Roman Ingarden's aesthetics
