Edmund Husserl’s Polemic over Relativism and Skepticism. Early phase Cover Image

Edmunda Husserla polemika z relatywizmem i sceptycyzmem. Faza wczesna
Edmund Husserl’s Polemic over Relativism and Skepticism. Early phase

Author(s): Janusz Sidorek
Subject(s): Epistemology, Logic, Phenomenology
Published by: Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Husserl; psychologism; relativism; skepticism; phenomenology;

Summary/Abstract: Danger of skeptic consequences of relativism was one of the main motives which led Edmund Husserl to taking up polemic with psychologism. h is polemic was discussed and analyzed repeatedly, so instead of speculating on validity and importance of each of the arguments used, I rather focus on the structure of argumentation articulated in Prolegomena to pure logic and to consider the role of frequently dismissed thread of the epistemological absolutism’s apology. For Husserl this absolutism is strictly connected with a conception of significances as ideal species, thus in next step I try to show that basic drat of this conception is present already in polemic arguments of Prolegomena. That in turn appears to lead up to the conclusion, which – contrary to the declarations – that in respect of systematic the Husserl’s polemic over relativism is placed before strict phenomenological turning point – it seems to be its ramification. Subsequently I demonstrate how becoming aware of this fact leads Husserl straight to the idea of phenomenological reduction.

  • Issue Year: 55/2010
  • Issue No: 55
  • Page Range: 207-226
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Polish