Although few other phenomenologists have provided a more insightful analysis of sedimentation than Alfred Schutz, the importance of his reflections remains heavily underappreciated. To counteract this deficiency, this paper develops a systematic account of Schutz’s phenomenology of sedimentations. While recognizing the Husserlian background that underlies Schutz’s investigations, the paper...
Husserl is the philosopher who transformed the geological metaphor of sedimentation into a philosophical concept. While tracing the development of Husserl's reflections on sedimentation, I argue that the distinctive feature of Husserl's approach lies in his preoccupation with the question concerning the origins of sedimentations. The paper demonstrates that in different frameworks of analysis,...