Husserl's Fifth Meditation and the Phenomenological Sociology of Alfred Schutz
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8410756 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Timothy M Costelloe (Emory University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 23-46 |
| Publication date | 1998-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-1773 • E-ISSN: 2332-0486 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00071773.1998.11007217 |
| OpenAlex | W2008696179 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 5 |
In his Fifth Meditation, Husserl appears to confront the problem of solipsism. As a number of commentators have suggested, however, since it arises from within phenomenology itself and the existence of the other is never in doubt, it is not a solipsism in the traditional Cartesian sense. Alfred Schutz, however, appears to understand Husserl's inquiry in precisely these terms. As such, his critical discussions of the Fifth Meditation, as well as his subsequent rejection of transcendental philosophy, might not be well-founded. Yet in spite of this misconstrual, Schutz's criticisms do highlight the problematic relationship between subjectivity and intersubjectivity in Husserl's late phenomenology, and albeit misplaced, ironically, his rejection of the Fifth Meditation forms a coherent response to Husserl's call for a “science of the life-world.” Intersubjectivity, Schutz concludes, must be assumed as a basis for phenomenological investigation rather than derived as a result of philosophical inquiry. “Negatively,” this is clearly a departure from Husserl's project since Schutz inevitably negates the “radical” motif under which phenomenological inquiry ostensibly proceeds. “Positively,” however, the project to which this criticism leads—a “phenomenology of the natural attitude”—represents a legitimate direction for phenomenological study as well as a radical turn within the theory and practice of social science
Epistemology · Intersubjectivity · Meditation · Modern philosophy · Phenomenology (philosophy) · Solipsism · Subjectivity · Theology · Transcendental number · Critical Theory and Philosophy · Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy · Philosophical and Historical Studies · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 1996 - 2020 (25) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |