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Smashing Husserl’s Dark Mirror: Rectifying the Inconsistent Theory of Impossible Meaning and Signitive Substance from the Logical Investigations | |
Byrne, Thomas | |
2021-04-01 | |
Source Publication | Axiomathes |
ISSN | 1122-1151 |
Volume | 31Issue:2Pages:127-144 |
Abstract | This paper accomplishes three goals. First, the essay demonstrates that Edmund Husserl’s theory of meaning consciousness from his 1901 Logical Investigations is internally inconsistent and falls apart upon closer inspection. I show that Husserl, in 1901, describes non-intuitive meaning consciousness as a direct parallel or as a ‘mirror’ of intuitive consciousness. He claims that non-intuitive meaning acts, like intuitions, have substance and represent their objects. I reveal that, by defining meaning acts in this way, Husserl cannot account for our experiences of countersensical, absurd, or impossible meanings. Second, I examine how Husserl came to recognize this 1901 mistake in his 1913/14 Revisions to the Sixth Logical Investigation (Husserliana XX-1/2). I discuss how he accordingly reformulates his understanding of non-intuitive meaning acts from the ground up in those Revisions, where this also allows for him to properly account for the experience of impossible meanings. Instead of describing them as mirrors of intuitions, Husserl takes non-intuitive meaning acts to be modifications of intuitions, where they have no substance and do not represent their objects. Finally, in the conclusion to this essay, I demonstrate how this fundamental change to his understanding of meaning consciousness forced Husserl to revise other central tenets of his philosophy, such that the trajectory of his thought can only be properly understood in light of these revisions to his theory of non-intuitive meaning consciousness. |
Keyword | Empty Intentions Husserl Ideas i Logical Investigations Meaning Phenomenology Pure Logical Grammar Representation Signitive Intentions |
DOI | 10.1007/s10516-020-09485-9 |
URL | View the original |
Indexed By | A&HCI |
Language | 英語English |
WOS Research Area | Philosophy |
WOS Subject | Philosophy |
WOS ID | WOS:000524891200001 |
Scopus ID | 2-s2.0-85083394292 |
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Document Type | Journal article |
Collection | DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES |
Corresponding Author | Byrne, Thomas |
Affiliation | Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, University of Macau, Taipa, Avenida da Universidade, Macao |
First Author Affilication | University of Macau |
Corresponding Author Affilication | University of Macau |
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Byrne, Thomas. Smashing Husserl’s Dark Mirror: Rectifying the Inconsistent Theory of Impossible Meaning and Signitive Substance from the Logical Investigations[J]. Axiomathes, 2021, 31(2), 127-144. |
APA | Byrne, Thomas.(2021). Smashing Husserl’s Dark Mirror: Rectifying the Inconsistent Theory of Impossible Meaning and Signitive Substance from the Logical Investigations. Axiomathes, 31(2), 127-144. |
MLA | Byrne, Thomas."Smashing Husserl’s Dark Mirror: Rectifying the Inconsistent Theory of Impossible Meaning and Signitive Substance from the Logical Investigations".Axiomathes 31.2(2021):127-144. |
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