Philosophy as Fallible Science

Authors

  • Thomas Nenon Universidad de Memphis

Keywords:

Phenomenology, Science, Rigorous Science, Consciousness, Mental States

Abstract

One hundred years after the publication of Husserl’s essay “Philosophy as a Rigorous Science,” the relationship between his description about mental states, our access to them, and the relationship between his views about our access to our own mental states and his conception of the status of philosophy as a rigorous science in this essay is still not completely clear. If the aim is to answer the question about whether and to what extent Husserl remained committed to the project of phenomenology described in that essay as the key to realizing philosophy’s aspirations to be a science at all, the first step would be to address these questions in that order. In a second, much briefer step, then, I will address the question about whether Husserl’s views on these issues later changed and how these affect his views about the viability of phenomenology as a means to achieve the traditional goals of philosophy as he describes them in the essay.

Author Biography

  • Thomas Nenon, Universidad de Memphis
    Ph.D., Universidad de Friburgo, Alemania. Profesor, Universidad de Memphis. Trabajó como editor en los Archivos Husserl y como instructor en la Universidad de Friburgo. Ha servido de editor de Husserl Studies, ha sido miembro del Comité Ejecutivo de la Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy y de Director del Center for the Humanities.

References

Husserl, Edmund (1987). Aufsätze und Vorträge (1911-1921). Dordrecht / Boston / Lancaster, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. Thomas Nenon y Hans Reiner Sepp (eds.)

Husserl, Edmund (2009). La filosofía, ciencia rigurosa. Madrid: Ediciones Encuentro, tr. Miguel García-Baró.

Nenon, Thomas (2002). “Freedom, Responsibility, and Self-Awareness”, en: New Yearbook for Phenomenology and Phenomenological Philosophy, 2, pp. 1-22.

Co-herencia Vol. 8 No. 15, 2011

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Published

2012-05-18

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Vol. 8 No. 15 (2011)

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How to Cite

Nenon, T. (2012). Philosophy as Fallible Science. Co-herencia, 8(15), 45-67. https://publicaciones.eafit.edu.co/index.php/co-herencia/article/view/604