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International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy

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The puzzling case of alterity in Husserl's logical investigations

Bertrand Bouckaert

pp. 185-198

Abstract

The following paper deals with the question of alterity or intersubjectivity1 in Husserl's Logical Investigations.2 The research is broken down into five main parts. First I will examine the present scholarly consensus to focus the study of Husserl's intersubjectivity on his writings done at Freiburg from 1917 until 1938, and not on those from Göttingen (1901–1916) or Halle (1887–1901). Then the reasons which seem to be at the origin of this present consensus will be critically examined. This will lead to the search for a kind of "intersubjective structure" in the Logical Investigations themselves. It will be shown that in this text, as in Cartesian Meditations, that such an "intersubjective structure" is present; however, from one text to the other this structure is—so to speak—"reversed". Finally, I will try to formulate some hypotheses to explain this development.

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Zahavi Dan, Stjernfelt Frederik (2002) One hundred years of phenomenology: Husserl’s Logical investigations revisited. Dordrecht, Kluwer.

Pages: 185-198

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-0093-1_12

Full citation:

Bouckaert Bertrand (2002) „The puzzling case of alterity in Husserl's logical investigations“, In: D. Zahavi & F. Stjernfelt (eds.), One hundred years of phenomenology, Dordrecht, Kluwer, 185–198.