The “Last God” of Phenomenology
Françoise Dastur, Robert Vallier
Questions of Phenomenology June 1, 2017 DOI: 10.5422/fordham/9780823233731.003.0016 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | Philosophy of mind |
| Key points | Argues that Husserl both excludes a God beyond the laws of intentionality and treats God as a limiting-concept that religious consciousness encounters as absolute transcendence, and that the transcendental reduction extends to cultural products including custom, law, and religion. The chapter compares this with Heidegger's approach to the relation between phenomenology and religion. |
Abstract
This chapter examines Martin Heidegger and Edmund Husserl's concept of God from a phenomenological point of view. Husserl is not content merely to recognize as the “principle of principles” the originary presence of the thing to consciousness; he also excludes the concept of a God who would escape the laws of intentionality. God is not only a limiting-concept for philosophy, but is also what is revealed to religious consciousness as an absolute transcendence. The transcendental reduction bears not only on the whole of the natural world, but also on all the products of culture, and in particular on custom, law, and religion. The chapter explores how Heidegger and Husserl approach the relations between phenomenology and religion.
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