Uczucie, osoba i wartości w fenomenologicznych badaniach Edyty Stein
Feeling, person and values in the phenomenological investigations of Edith Stein

Summary/Abstract: The article is an attempt at analyzing the descriptions of the relations between feelings, person and values that are presented in Edith Stein’s “On the problem of empathy”. Our aim is to show the correlations between person and values. To that end, it is essential to sketch Stein’s phenomenology of feelings. The article argues that some of the views proposed by Stein are problematic. In particular, it is pointed out that Stein’s analysis of the objective side of feeling and of the essence of values is inadequate. The central point of the critique concerns Stein’s view of the relations between “feeling a value” (Wertfühlen) and feelings (Gefühle). The notion of person and its phenomenological constitution is then discussed with reference to Stein’s dissertation, with a specific focus on its intersubjective dimension. It is argued that according to Stein one’s own emotional life is crucial to understanding other persons. The analysis of “On the problem of empathy” is deepened through illustrations of some changes in the way of treating axiological problems in Stein’s phenomenology.

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