Husserl - consciousness as a system anticipating the further course of experience
Marek Maciejczak
Principia December 21, 2020 DOI: 10.4467/20843887pi.20.001.13831 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Argues that consciousness's capacity to anticipate potential experiences rests on inner time consciousness, which structures world-experience temporally, and on a network of types; types combine into wider structures that integrate common and scientific knowledge and define the subject's practical possibilities, purposes, interests, and open horizon of further specification. |
Abstract
Consciousness, according to one of Husserl’s characteristics, is also a system of potential moments outlined in advance. How does consciousness gain this competence? Answering the question, subsequent conditioning aspects are taken into account: (1.) the inner time consciousness that determinates the temporal structure of the word-experience (Welterfahrung) and the world consciousness (Weltbewusstsein), (2.) the network of types. The two aspects of consciousness make possible and determinate cognitive styles of present and future course of experience. The closing remarks (3.) concern the nature of types and their role as cognitive structures that integrate common knowledge with scientific knowledge. Types combined into wider structures types define the further course of experience. Ultimately, they define the scope of practical possibilities, purposes and interests of the subject, an open horizon of possible closer specification.