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Husserl’s Break from Brentano Reconsidered: Abstraction and the Structure of Consciousness

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Author	Aldea, Andreea Smaranda
Copyright Year	2014
Abstract	The paper contends that abstraction lies at the core of the philosophical and methodological rupture that occurred between Husserl and his mentor Franz Brentano. To accomplish this, it explores the notion of abstraction at work in these two thinkers’ methodological discussions through their respective claims regarding the structure of consciousness, and shows that how Husserl and Brentano analyze the structure of consciousness conditions and strictly delineates the nature and reach of their methods of inquiry. The paper pays close attention to intentionality, founding (Fundierung), and qualitative modification (qualitative Modifikation) understood as principles of consciousness. While intentionality has been the topic of numerous discussions surrounding these two thinkers’ work, founding and qualitative modification have slipped under the radar despite the fact that they hold—as I intend to show—the key to shedding new light on their respective methods of inquiry. More specifically, the paper explicates the ways in which Brentano’s notion of founding (understood as a relationship between whole acts) and his failure to identify radical-qualitative modification as a principle of consciousness preclude him from offering a successful model for philosophical universalizing thought. It is my hope to show that Husserl’s rethinking of founding as a relationship between certain structural moments of acts along with his novel notion of qualitative modification ground his attempt to carve a new method of philosophical inquiry—albeit jejune and ambiguous at the time of the Investigations, yet nevertheless able to successfully negotiate the problems faced by his predecessor.
Starting Page	395
Ending Page	426
Page Count	32
File Format	PDF
ISSN	11221151
Journal	Axiomathes
Volume Number	24
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	15728390
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2014-01-22
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Intentionality Founding Qualitative modification Mereology Idealizing abstraction Imagining consciousness Philosophy Ontology Linguistics (general) Cognitive Psychology Logic
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Philosophy Mathematics

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