Husserlian Phenomenology as Questioning: An Essay on the Transcendental Theory of the Question
Husserlian Phenomenology as Questioning: An Essay on the Transcendental Theory of the Question
Author(s): Witold PłotkaSubject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Societatea Română de Fenomenologie
Keywords: Transcendental phenomenology; Reduction; Question; Responsibility; Husserl; Naïveté
Summary/Abstract: The article presents the transcendental reduction as a type of questioning, and by so doing formulates the problem of the structure and motivation of reduction. Transcendental questioning is presented as a permanent formulation and reformulation of questions, which, it is argued, make it possible to overcome the naïveté of the natural attitude. However, the phenomenologist does not overcome naïveté in the sense of excluding it; instead, he is conscious of it. It is argued that one should understand transcendental questioning as a practical activity that makes the phenomenologist responsible for knowledge by leading toward the essence, which seems to be “unquestionable.”
Journal: Studia Phaenomenologica
- Issue Year: XII/2012
- Issue No: 12
- Page Range: 311-329
- Page Count: 19
- Language: English
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