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PHAENOMENOLOGICA SOUS AS PATRENAGE eS CENTRES WRC ES HE, 106 DAVID CARR INTERPRETING HUSSERL Pres sl Lene) MeL, Layee (Sl, Mary bor Be), 3, Mola Pipi, Ra ah. Ser INTERPRETING HUSSERL Critical and Comparative Studies DAVID CARR Ir MARTINUS NUUCEE LURLISHERS Ba d23/taca 42] ayo9e 129 Le Diibtors 40 he United Soe and Canada: Kiuwer Academic Publis, P.O. Box 358, ‘Asord Staion, Hingham, MA C2188, USA {for the UR on Iran Kner Acai Pabers, MIP Pres Line, aor Houe, Queen Square Lancaster LAL IRN, UK {forall oher canines Kluwer Academic Pabst, Group, Distibation Cet P.O. Box 322, 3300 AH Dowie, The Nerberante trary of Congres Catling in Paitin Dat ISDN 902073508 eg convient (© 1967 by Maris Niboff Publishes, Davee ‘es serve No par of his ubeation may be reproduced, stored ia 2 ‘arial oem, o transmit in ay form or by an mewn, mahal, ocpying recordin, o termite, without te prior wes person the pine, ein Martins Miho Publishers, P.O. Box 16,3800 AD ati at P.O. Box 163, 3300 AD Dordrecht Contents, Lengthening Shadow: A Hisorial Introduction 1 Huser cesses 1, Phenorenology and Relativism 2. The Fith Meditation and Husses Cartesian, 5. Huset's Cris and the Problem of History 4, History, Paenomenology and Reflection TL Hussee and oohers 5, Intentional: Hasse and the Analytic Approach 6. The Problem of The Now-Empiricl Ego: Huss and Kant eevee 7 Findley, Huss and The Epoché: Realism and deals & Interprettion and SetEvidence” Hise) and Hermeneutics 9. The Future Perfect: Temporal and Prony in Huser, Heidegger and Diltey oo... 10, World, Werld-View, Liewarld: Huss andthe Conceptual Relative 11, The ifeword Revisited: Huser Interpreters, rd Some Reset Huser and Beyond 12. Time-Consciousness and Historical Consciousness 1B. “Personalities of a Higher Order 14. Copitamus Ergo Suos: The Intentional ofthe Fist Peron Plural. Acknowledgments ceseereeeee Indes cesoeseeeeeneeneenensee vu a 25 ne on us ww 197 vs wr a3 a0 as a 01 for LESLIE CARR ith love and thanks Preface [Edmund Huset's importance forthe plosaphy of our century isimmense, but his influence has followed a curious path. Rather than continuous ths ben recurent, ambulatory and somehow ‘nrepresible: no sooner docs wane in one localty thant pings upin another. After playing a major roe in Germany during hs ‘Metie, Huser had been led away inthe history-Books OF hat country when he was discovered by the French during and ater ‘World War Il And just asthe phenomenological phase of French pllosophy was ending in the 1960s, Huselbeeame important fmNorth America. There his wok was frat taken seriously By 8 Sieable minority of dissenters from the Anglo-American establish tment, the adition of conceptual and linguistic analysis. More recenly, some pllosophes wits that tadion have drawn on ‘etn of Hues central concepts (intentionality, the noe) In addressing problems in the pilosopty of mind andthe theory of meaning “Thi otto sy that Hise ether ded out Itmay be that ‘irety, but (as uy to argue in the introductory essay ofthis volume) his influence ives on in subtler Forms, in certain basic tutes, strategies and problems. If analyte philosophers now {ake seriously some important accomplishments of Hustr' carly and mide years, tbe central theme of his ate work, the interplay betwee lifeworld, history and ationaiy, seems to be reappeat- Ing as «problem in recent German and French thought ‘One way or another, ticle that Huser has long sinc ceased to be merely the founding father of phenomenology, or the forerunner of this or that philosopher, or the precursor of cena vu ‘tends, He as joined the ranks of those great thinkers whose ‘hough seems inexhaustible itsichness, 10 whose works we are repeatedly returning, and hove eae we ate continually tying to understand and appropiate ‘Theessaysin thie volume, previously published in tere paces, have ben brought together inthe hope that in collected form they ‘may contribute to that work of appropistion They were mien ‘eeween 1972 and 1986, and this represent various sages inthe Project of interpreting Huss in which Lam ail engage. Ihave ‘ot attempted to eliminate any nconsiteacis which may have reuled from changes in my interpretations or rts over the yrs, Only minor and superficial revisions have been made, Crain themes and conceras persist: the problem of concep! ‘eatin, thereation of phenomenology to hstory the concepts ‘ofintatonaity and thelfeword. While the essays might have been arranged according to such themes, or in chronological ‘td, a third principle of arrangement in the end seems me appropriate Part one isnt simply “Huse tojndicat that am dealing hee primarily wth problems itera othe pilosopher's work ‘Theemergenceat history aban important concept in Huse ate \rtngs and the problems i pote fr his phenomenology, are Ialters which began to interest me when translated Husce's The Crisis of European Scenes" and which ed to «book onthe {opie Two ofthe papersin this section del with he same heme ‘one in connection primary wih the Criss, the other dealing ‘hie with Experience and Judgment. thd is elated to thet, and deals with the problem of intersubjetviy in the Cartesian Mediatons. Husset’s phenomenology seemed 19 me 10 be ‘hreaene from within by aformof conceptual eltivinm in these lat works, butt subsequently occured tome that the roots of his threat could be traced fo earlier works a well "Phenomnenolony nd Relatvsm tries to show this, and inet deal with the carly Huaser 1 have placed i fist inthis group, The chronology of uses work then leads me to follow i with the ea on the Fifth Meditation and to conclude withthe two dscusions of he Jae works, The ssysin Part Two, ‘Huser and Others’, attempt to rlate ‘uss to other philosophers and currents of thought, cach ia * connection with a particular topic: etsn analyte philosophers ‘on intentionality, Dithey and Heidegger on temporality, Kant on ‘the transcendental eo, J.N. Findlay on realism, dea andthe ‘poche, hermeneutical philosophers on slf-vidence, ete. To the ‘rpina les ofthese says Ihave in some caves added eubites hich help identify cei contents Two of thee esays wore ‘orginally writen in German and appear here forthe fis time English ‘The third section is emiled “Huser and Beyond’. In these essays Huse! serves a point of departare forthe development of deas he might or might not have found congenial. They were written as preparatory studies for book on the philosophy of history in which the concepts of temporality and of the socal subject play an inpetaat ole? The book it not about Hussert and in some respects departs even from phenomenology, bait ‘owes much Husterl and would not have en possible had tac ‘been tying to think through and beyond him. The same i tte ‘ofthese essays, and it for this reason that Ihave chosen to inclu them hee ‘Ph rf Erp Sneed Trasentn! Phenomena, 38 avin by Dd Car anemone ety 2 Pond Pref Mio van: ewe ie 3, Te! arava sor (Soca eins Unesy Pes 90, Husserl’s Lengthening Shadow: A Historical Introduction, Im the 1950's Maurice Meveau-Ponty wrote an essay called “Le philosopheet son ombre. It was devoted to Huse andthe tile ‘was wel chosen for paying homage oa philosopher who so oft spoke of the Abschatungen (hadigs,prols) trough which perceived things presen themaivesfo'ws. Shadow, of course, hve along and noble metaphorical history in plilosophy; one might be pur in mind of Plato's shadows which, untel tough they are, resemble and can lead us othe reales which ast ‘hen. Merleau:Ponty had something ee in mind, however: be Tink the shadows cast by objes tothe spaces betwen obeess, and both intra to what Heidegger called das Ungedache in thinker's work Shadows, space, efletions, ke the silenes and ss in and around segments of dicouse, ate not themsclves ‘Objects or sentences. But they af openings and occasion for peeepions and thoughts which would not have been possible ‘without them, Everyone knows, of course, that Husser is a giant of our ‘century who indeed casts a Tong shadow. Shadows aso change {hei length and direction asthe day wears on. Mereau Pony, i this and other wings the same period, was contributing tothe ond great wave of Hussein influence in 20th century European philosophy, the one which began after World Wa It and was so greatly faclated by the Husserlana editions. Le Dhilesophe et son ombe’ was primary a meditation on Men ‘ol. which had been published in 1952). Inthe frst phate, Huser had inspired vatous schools of cose disciples ia Ger ‘many but the greaest fru of his thought were the orginal ‘nd biliant works of Scheler and especialy Heidegger. Nether 2 4 4 Hussam or even »phenomenoloiin Huss ee, et neti can be asin Popey undrond wi Hise So to he won pases torent of slap and means of ent to. Reprcenaton arsine mind’ ad ony sence swe feu bevond then. The sco tha the whole appears ‘ay dtntion iow oul he apr conten wc ae bond th bene eam ae ness apleslean ‘hs pas in hat elm, af soy theme wa do £9 anpear the word sin lal according to Ras Wegitinate, Thus what seemed a philosophical strategy for reunit. Joe anpewranc nd realy nour expeenessermr ts hog thes 40ar after ll and oleate ws where we mere been Hegel atacks Kant on both hse pins He fms tht the spearancevely distinction as is home in ur eal Petence an hat mas no sense 1 ei or fering bend al posible experience. nis Phenomenology hese ents siti ofthe whole dsinstion: “tural consdouses? er cxf, vay ipacect eon whe mre, nguhing cto what in th, Fah, he ‘epee oth rapping mach moe ead hn Kato yn our detings with atte, mth a view to senna oo in dealing wit ach othe, and enn trong saci {Marae wth spreiace, ths “pahvay of SOUS Sd oars He ists to oa muta deve es i which te realty panty ainda oe see a come the appearance tobe tansetaed saeco But for all his concreteness, how doce Herel oa

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