THE NORMALITY OF THE CONSCIOUSNESS AND THE NORMALITY OF THE BODY. HUSSERL’S VIEW ON NORMALITY
Imola Reszeg
Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Philosophia August 1, 2025 DOI: 10.24193/subbphil.2021.1.09 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Argues that a contradiction in Husserl's views on normality—between his early transcendental conception and his later genetic-generative analyses—can be resolved through the perspective of embodied consciousness found in his late writings. |
Abstract
In the following paper, I’ll try to summarize Husserl’s view on normality. I will claim that there is a contradiction between his early, transcendental conception, which claims the absolute normality of the transcendental consciousness, and his late genetic-generative analyzes that lead back the normality of experience to the normality of the psychophysical body. I will argue that his contradiction can be resolved from the perspective of the embodied consciousness which, according to Anthony Steinbock is also present in the late writings of Husserl.