The unconscious as sedimentation: threefold manifestations of the unconscious in consciousness
Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences April 20, 2024 Joanne Chung-yan Wun
AbstractThis article explores the notion of the unconscious (das Unbewusste) in terms of its nature and constitutive manifestations in consciousness. In contrast to the psychoanalytic formulation, the unconscious is conceptualized here distinctively as sedimentation (die Sedimentierung) within the Husserlian framework. All `experiences sediment and are “stored” in a darkened, affectless region...