Michela Summa
Biographic Data
| ID | 1285592 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michela Summa |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michela |
| FAMILY NAME | Summa |
| SIGNATURE | SUMMA M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Würzburg |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9179-0228 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
An Affect “That Shudders Me”: An Approach to Husserl’s Phenomenology of Joy
In the texts collected in the second volume of the Studien zur Struktur des Bewusstseins , Husserl extensively discusses experiences of joy ( Freude ). By considering Husserl’s examples related to joy not as mere illustrations, but as a guiding thread for the identification of experiential structures, this article shows how these examples are not only significant for the general theory of intentionality of affective and emotional non-objectifying…
Desiring to Know: Curiosity as a Tendency toward Discovery
Both the commonsensical and the philosophical understanding of curiosity as the desire to know display similar ambiguities. In philosophy, such ambiguities have further repercussions, inasmuch as inquiries into curiosity, in addition to being a field of philosophical research in itself, also have meta-theoretical implications concerning the idea of philosophy one embraces. This holds true for Edmund Husserl’s discussion of curiosity: his phenomen…
Introduction: Affect, Tendency, Drive—Perspectives on the Basic Structures of Intentionality
No abstract available
Phenomenological explanation: Towards a methodological integration in phenomenological psychopathology
Whether, and in what sense, research in phenomenology and phenomenological psychopathology has—in addition to its descriptive and hermeneutic value—explanatory power is somewhat controversial. This paper shows why it is legitimate to recognize such explanatory power. To this end, the paper analyzes two central concerns underlying the debate about explanation in phenomenology: (a) the warning against reductionism, which is implicit in a conception…
How are fictions given? Conjoining the ‘artifactual theory’ and the ‘imaginary-object theory’
According to the so-called ‘artifactual theory’ of fiction, fictional objects are to be considered as abstract artifacts. Within this framework, fictional objects are defined on the basis of their complex dependence on literary works, authors, and readership. This theory is explicitly distinguished from other approaches to fictions, notably from the imaginary-object theory. In this article, I argue that the two approaches are not mutually exclusi…
Phenomenology of imagining and the pragmatics of fictional language
This paper focuses on the performative character of fictional language. While assuming that all speaking is a form of acting, it aims to shed light on the nature of fictional, and particularly literary, speech acts. To this aim, relevant input can be found in (a) the discussion of the ontological status of fictional entities and of their constitution and in (b) the inquiry into the interaction between author and receiver of a fictional work. Base…
Is Make-Believe Only Reproduction: Remarks on the Role of Fiction in Shaping Our Sense of Reality
This paper develops an analysis of the relation between fiction and make-believe based on the achievements of imagination. The argument aims at a “reciprocal supplementation” between two approaches to fiction. According to one approach, pretense or make-believe structures play a crucial role in our experience of fiction. Discussing Husserl’s view on bound imagining and Walton’s account of fiction as make-believe, I show why pretense and make-beli…
Introduction: Modes of Intentionality
Toward a transcendental account of creativity. Kant and Merleau-Ponty on the creative power of judgment and creativity as institution
Enacting perception: The relevance of phenomenology
In questo saggio intendo comparare le descrizioni della percezione date da E. Husserl e Alva Noe. Focalizzando l’attenzione sulla descrizione dell’apparizione prospettica, intendo argomentare che per entrambi gli autori la percezione viene compresa in termini di attivita dinamica esperta e di processo di scoperta. Intendo sostenere che l’indagine fenomenologica delle strutture intenzionali della coscienza percettiva possa completare la visione di…
Body memory and kinesthetic body feedback: The impact of light versus strong movement qualities on affect and cognition
What influence does body memory from light vs strong movement qualities have on affect and cognition? This article relates the phenomenological theory of body memory, movement observation theory from dance, and psychological conceptual and empirical work on body feedback. Kinesthetic body feedback means efferent feedback from the body’s peripheral movements to the higher cortical functions, such as the systematic effects of the adoption of certai…
The disoriented self. Layers and dynamics of self-experience in dementia and schizophrenia
Body memory, metaphor and movement
Ein Philosoph der Endlichkeit: Neue Literatur zu Hans-Georg Gadamer
»Vielmehr bietet [der Kommentar] auf höchstem Niveau eine substantielle Auseinandersetzung mit den Hintergründen, den Zusammenhängen, der Theorie und der Praxis des Grundgesetzes. Besseres lässt sich von einem Verfassungskommentar nicht sagen.“ Herbert Günther Staaatsanzeiger für das Land Hessen 2018 (50), 1494–1495
Body memory and kinesthetic body feedback: The impact of light versus strong movement qualities on affect and cognition
What influence does body memory from light vs strong movement qualities have on affect and cognition? This article relates the phenomenological theory of body memory, movement observation theory from dance, and psychological conceptual and empirical work on body feedback. Kinesthetic body feedback means efferent feedback from the body’s peripheral movements to the higher cortical functions, such as the systematic effects of the adoption of certai…
Introduction: Affect, Tendency, Drive—Perspectives on the Basic Structures of Intentionality
No abstract available
Is Make-Believe Only Reproduction: Remarks on the Role of Fiction in Shaping Our Sense of Reality
This paper develops an analysis of the relation between fiction and make-believe based on the achievements of imagination. The argument aims at a “reciprocal supplementation” between two approaches to fiction. According to one approach, pretense or make-believe structures play a crucial role in our experience of fiction. Discussing Husserl’s view on bound imagining and Walton’s account of fiction as make-believe, I show why pretense and make-beli…
Introduction: Modes of Intentionality
The disoriented self. Layers and dynamics of self-experience in dementia and schizophrenia
Ein Philosoph der Endlichkeit: Neue Literatur zu Hans-Georg Gadamer
»Vielmehr bietet [der Kommentar] auf höchstem Niveau eine substantielle Auseinandersetzung mit den Hintergründen, den Zusammenhängen, der Theorie und der Praxis des Grundgesetzes. Besseres lässt sich von einem Verfassungskommentar nicht sagen.“ Herbert Günther Staaatsanzeiger für das Land Hessen 2018 (50), 1494–1495
Body memory, metaphor and movement
The disoriented self. Layers and dynamics of self-experience in dementia and schizophrenia
Enacting perception: The relevance of phenomenology
In questo saggio intendo comparare le descrizioni della percezione date da E. Husserl e Alva Noe. Focalizzando l’attenzione sulla descrizione dell’apparizione prospettica, intendo argomentare che per entrambi gli autori la percezione viene compresa in termini di attivita dinamica esperta e di processo di scoperta. Intendo sostenere che l’indagine fenomenologica delle strutture intenzionali della coscienza percettiva possa completare la visione di…
Body memory and kinesthetic body feedback: The impact of light versus strong movement qualities on affect and cognition
What influence does body memory from light vs strong movement qualities have on affect and cognition? This article relates the phenomenological theory of body memory, movement observation theory from dance, and psychological conceptual and empirical work on body feedback. Kinesthetic body feedback means efferent feedback from the body’s peripheral movements to the higher cortical functions, such as the systematic effects of the adoption of certai…
Toward a transcendental account of creativity. Kant and Merleau-Ponty on the creative power of judgment and creativity as institution
Introduction: Modes of Intentionality
Is Make-Believe Only Reproduction: Remarks on the Role of Fiction in Shaping Our Sense of Reality
This paper develops an analysis of the relation between fiction and make-believe based on the achievements of imagination. The argument aims at a “reciprocal supplementation” between two approaches to fiction. According to one approach, pretense or make-believe structures play a crucial role in our experience of fiction. Discussing Husserl’s view on bound imagining and Walton’s account of fiction as make-believe, I show why pretense and make-beli…
Phenomenology of imagining and the pragmatics of fictional language
This paper focuses on the performative character of fictional language. While assuming that all speaking is a form of acting, it aims to shed light on the nature of fictional, and particularly literary, speech acts. To this aim, relevant input can be found in (a) the discussion of the ontological status of fictional entities and of their constitution and in (b) the inquiry into the interaction between author and receiver of a fictional work. Base…
How are fictions given? Conjoining the ‘artifactual theory’ and the ‘imaginary-object theory’
According to the so-called ‘artifactual theory’ of fiction, fictional objects are to be considered as abstract artifacts. Within this framework, fictional objects are defined on the basis of their complex dependence on literary works, authors, and readership. This theory is explicitly distinguished from other approaches to fictions, notably from the imaginary-object theory. In this article, I argue that the two approaches are not mutually exclusi…
Phenomenological explanation: Towards a methodological integration in phenomenological psychopathology
Whether, and in what sense, research in phenomenology and phenomenological psychopathology has—in addition to its descriptive and hermeneutic value—explanatory power is somewhat controversial. This paper shows why it is legitimate to recognize such explanatory power. To this end, the paper analyzes two central concerns underlying the debate about explanation in phenomenology: (a) the warning against reductionism, which is implicit in a conception…
An Affect “That Shudders Me”: An Approach to Husserl’s Phenomenology of Joy
In the texts collected in the second volume of the Studien zur Struktur des Bewusstseins , Husserl extensively discusses experiences of joy ( Freude ). By considering Husserl’s examples related to joy not as mere illustrations, but as a guiding thread for the identification of experiential structures, this article shows how these examples are not only significant for the general theory of intentionality of affective and emotional non-objectifying…
Desiring to Know: Curiosity as a Tendency toward Discovery
Both the commonsensical and the philosophical understanding of curiosity as the desire to know display similar ambiguities. In philosophy, such ambiguities have further repercussions, inasmuch as inquiries into curiosity, in addition to being a field of philosophical research in itself, also have meta-theoretical implications concerning the idea of philosophy one embraces. This holds true for Edmund Husserl’s discussion of curiosity: his phenomen…
Introduction: Affect, Tendency, Drive—Perspectives on the Basic Structures of Intentionality
No abstract available
Philosophy (12 works) · Epistemology (10 works) · Psychology (10 works) · Linguistics (6 works) · Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy (6 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (3 works) · Metaphysics (3 works)