<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>It is a philosophical naiveté to believe that the object of science is some ready-made world out there that the scientist, free of any preconceptions, simply stumbles upon. Of course, there is a world out there, given to us through the senses, but that must be intentionally elaborated to become a world for us and a possible object of scientific inquiry. The intentional constitution of the world of science supports and “justifies” a priori conceptions about the empirical world, even those of a logical nature, that are, then, properly transcendental rather than metaphysical. My goal here is to investigate what these presuppositions are and on what they are based.</p></abstract>

It is a philosophical naiveté to believe that the object of science is some ready-made world out there that the scientist, free of any preconceptions, simply stumbles upon. Of course, there is a world out there, given to us through the senses, but that must be intentionally elaborated to become a world for us and a possible object of scientific inquiry. The intentional constitution of the world of science supports and “justifies” a priori conceptions about the empirical world, even those of a logical nature, that are, then, properly transcendental rather than metaphysical. My goal here is to investigate what these presuppositions are and on what they are based.

The Transcendental Foundations of Science

Phainomenon

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It is a philosophical naiveté to believe that the object of science is some ready-made world out there that the scientist, free of any preconceptions, simply...

The Transcendental Foundations of Science

Published Online: Oct 14, 2021

Page range: 5 - 22

Received: Apr 10, 2018

Accepted: Apr 24, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/phainomenon-2018-0001

Keywords
Science, Presuppositions, Transcendental, Phenomenology

© 2018 Jairo José da Silva, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Transcendental Foundations of Science

Published Online: Oct 14, 2021

Page range: 5 - 22

Received: Apr 10, 2018

Accepted: Apr 24, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/phainomenon-2018-0001

KeywordsScience, Presuppositions, Transcendental, Phenomenology

© 2018 Jairo José da Silva, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Science, Presuppositions, Transcendental, Phenomenology