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Fenomenologia między internalizmem i eksternalizmem. Sformułowanie problemu
Phenomenology between internalism and externalism. A formulation of the problem

Author(s): Witold Płotka
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Warszawie
Keywords: phenomenology; internalism; externalism; mental content; reduction; solipsism; idealism; Putnam H.; Husserl Edmund

Summary/Abstract: The article is an attempt at establishing a theoretical basis for a dialogue between phenomenology and contemporary philosophy, with regard to the problem of internalism-externalism. It is argued, according to Roman Ingarden, that one has to first of all put forward an adequate question about the problem, to be able to understand it appropriately. Moreover, the analysis is limited to the two forms of the internalism-externalism debate, namely semantics and the philosophy of the mind. Within Husserl’s phenomenology one can easily point to basic intuitions that justify the thesis that this philosophy refers to the internalism-externalism problem. Ultimately, by using phenomenological terminology, the article arrives at questions about possible internalism-or-externalism within Husserl’s phenomenological project. The questions, however, suggest that phenomenology can be neither clearly nor completely classified either as internalism or as externalism.

  • Issue Year: 49/2013
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 71-91
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Polish