Eugen Fink’s understanding of the transcendental I Cover Image

Eugena Finka rozumienie Ja transcendentalnego
Eugen Fink’s understanding of the transcendental I

Author(s): Piotr Łaciak
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Eugen Fink; Edmund Husserl; phenomenology; I; phenomenological reduction; anonymity

Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with Eugen Fink’s interpretation of transcendental I. Fink does not make do with traditional phenomenological distinction between natural I and transcendental I, but within transcendental I he looks for the distinction between constitutive I (konstituierendes Ich) i phenomenologizing I. Hence, according to Fink, we should distinguish three kinds of I: natural I (trapped in the world), transcendental I which constitutes the world and transcendental-phenomenologizing I (transzendental-phänomenologisierendes Ich) as theoretical spectator, who meets the conditions of phenomenological reduction but does not contribute to the constitution of the world. Finks interpretation of transcendental I aims at overcoming difficulties related to Husserlian phenomenological reduction, and the distinction of constitutive I and phenomenologizing I was accepted by Husserl himself.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 29
  • Page Range: 205-223
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Polish