Husserl’s Fifth Cartesian Meditation and the Appresentation of the Other in Sport
Sport, Ethics and Philosophy December 19, 2021 D. Rosenberg 3 citations
This paper applies Edmund Husserl's concept of 'appresentation' from his fifth Cartesian Meditation to competitive sports. Husserl describes how we perceive others through a non-inferential analogy, mentally supplementing what we directly see. The author argues this process illuminates how athletes experience and understand each other during competition, generating shared meanings. While not exhaustive, the analysis aims to supplement existing phenomenology of sport and resonate with athletes' own intersubjective experiences.