The Functions of the “Primary (Living) Present” in the Husserl’s Late Phenomenοlogy Cover Image

Функции «исходного (живого) настоящего» в поздней феноменологии Гуссерля
The Functions of the “Primary (Living) Present” in the Husserl’s Late Phenomenοlogy

Author(s): Georgy Chernavin
Subject(s): Phenomenology
Published by: Издательство Санкт-Петербургского государственного университета
Keywords: Living present; transcendental being; transcendental life; time-consciousness; phenomenological method; reflection

Summary/Abstract: This paper examines the contensive and methodological functions of the “primary (living) present” in the Husserl’s late phenomenology. In the first part of the paper transcendental being as a “concrete primarily living present” and transcendental life as a “Heraclitean streaming present” are thematized. In the second part I examine the role of an investigation into the living present in the context of a change of attitude. In the conclusion special attention is given to the primal fact of the “living present” and to the situation of “auto-discovery” in reflection.

  • Issue Year: 1/2012
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 76-95
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Russian