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<p>This paper is concerned with the reappraisal of Husserl’s ontology and epistemology, sketched in book one of <italic>Ideen.</italic> The main issue is Husserl’s theory of essence and essential insight. I present the fundamental distinction between facts and essences, and, over and above it, Husserl’s defense of an <italic>a priori</italic> knowledge based on essential insight as well as his partition of the whole realm of <italic>a priori</italic> knowledge into a formal set of material, regional ontologies. I will show how the theory of essential insight presented in <italic>Ideen</italic> gives rise to several criticisms, namely those made by Neo-Kantians, like Rickert and Natorp. In the last part, I will show how the mathematical concept of an invariant under a group of variations was the leading case for Husserl’s mature notion of eidetic insight.</p>
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This paper is concerned with the reappraisal of Husserl’s ontology and epistemology, sketched in book one of Ideen. The main issue is Husserl’s theory of essence and essential insight. I present the fundamental distinction between facts and essences, and, over and above it, Husserl’s defense of an a priori knowledge based on essential insight as well as his partition of the whole realm of a priori knowledge into a formal set of material, regional ontologies. I will show how the theory of essential insight presented in Ideen gives rise to several criticisms, namely those made by Neo-Kantians, like Rickert and Natorp. In the last part, I will show how the mathematical concept of an invariant under a group of variations was the leading case for Husserl’s mature notion of eidetic insight.

Ontology and Epistemology in Husserl’s <italic>Ideen-I</italic>

Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa

Phainomenon

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Ontology and Epistemology in Husserl’s 

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This paper is concerned with the reappraisal of Husserl’s ontology and epistemology, sketched in book one of Ideen. The main issue is Husserl’s theory of...

Ontology and Epistemology in Husserl’s Ideen-I

Published Online: Oct 08, 2022

Page range: 3 - 24

Received: Jun 01, 2015

Accepted: Sep 01, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/phainomenon-2022-0002

Keywords
Husserl, Phenomenology, Ideas I, Ontology, Eidetic insight

© 2022 Pedro M. S. Alves, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Ontology and Epistemology in Husserl’s Ideen-I

Published Online: Oct 08, 2022

Page range: 3 - 24

Received: Jun 01, 2015

Accepted: Sep 01, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/phainomenon-2022-0002

KeywordsHusserl, Phenomenology, Ideas I, Ontology, Eidetic insight

© 2022 Pedro M. S. Alves, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Husserl, Phenomenology, Ideas I, Ontology, Eidetic insight