Criticism of Empiricism in Edmund Husserl’s works “Logical Investigations”, “Philosophy as Rigorous Science” and “Prima Philosophia”
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The paper deals with the phenomenological criticism of empiricism. The author compares these two philosophical conceptions showing their similarity and their differences. Both phenomenology and empiricism are philosophies of experience; however, phenomenological analysis of empiricism reveals some of empiricism’s fundamental mistakes: 1. Empiricism is incapable to distinguish empirical and transcendental self-experience (Selbsterfahrung). 2. Empiricism fails to grasp the intentional character of consciousness. 3. Empiricism «doesn’t see the ideas». 4. Empiricism identifies contemplation with contemplation of the singular. Together with Husserl the author criticizes psychologism and naturalism and analyses empiric concepts of association and induction. He shows that, contrary to empiricism’s claims, association is not only passive but also active, and induction isn’t sufficient for creation of general notions.References
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Husserl E. Erste Philosophie (1923/1924). Erster Teil. Kritische Ideengeschichte. herausge-geben von Rudolf Boehm. Den Haag: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1956. (Husserliana, Band VII) 199 S.
Husserl E. Ideen zu einer reinen Phänomenologie und phänomenologischen Philosophie. Erstes Buch. Allgemeine Einführung in die reine Phänomenologie. Edmund Husserl; [neu herausgegeben von Karl Schumann]. Den Haag: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1976. (Husserliana, Band III/1) 323 S.
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Husserl E. Logische Untersuchungen. Zweiter Band. I Untersuchung zur Phänomenologie und Theorie der Erkenntnis/ herausgegeben von Ursula Panzer. Den Haag: Martinus Nijhoff, 1984. (Husserliana, Band XIX/1) 529 S. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6068-8
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Husserl, E. (1994). Philosophy as Rigorous Science. [In Russian]. Novocherkassk: Saguna.
Lohmar D. Erfahrung und kategoriales Denken. Hume, Kant und Husserl über vorprädikative Erfahrung und prädikative Erkenntnis. Dordrecht; Boston; London: Kluwer Acade-mic Publishers, 1998. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5120-7
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Kebuladze, V. (2011). Criticism of Empiricism in Edmund Husserl’s works “Logical Investigations”, “Philosophy as Rigorous Science” and “Prima Philosophia”. Sententiae, 25(2), 120–132. https://doi.org/10.22240/sent25.02.120
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