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59Expression and empathyIn Daniel D. Hutto & Matthew Ratcliffe (eds.), Folk Psychology Re-Assessed, Kluwer/springer Press. pp. 25--40. 2007.
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Intentionalität und BewusstseinIn Verena E. Mayer & Christopher Erhard (eds.), Edmund Husserl: logische Untersuchungen, Akademie Verlag Berlin. 2008.
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375What is the relation between phenomenology and metaphysics? Is phenomeno- logy metaphysical neutral, is it without metaphysical bearings, is it a kind of propaedeutics to metaphysics, or is phenomenology on the contrary a form of metaphysics, perhaps even the culmination of a particular kind of metaphysics (of presence)? What should be made clear from the outset is that there is no easy and straightforward answer to the question concerning the relation between phenome- nology and metaphysics. Th…Read more
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216Being someonePSYCHE: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Research On Consciousness 11. 2005.My discussion will focus on what is arguable the main claim of Being No One: That no such things as selves exist in the world and that nobody ever was or had a self. In discussing to what extent Metzinger can be said to argue convincingly for this claim, I will also comment on his methodological use of pathology and briefly make some remarks vis-à-vis his understanding and criticism of phenomenology.
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21Intentionnalité et phénoménalité : un regard phénoménologique sur le « problème difficile »Philosophie 1 (1): 80-104. 2014.Dans son ouvrage L’Esprit conscient, David Chalmers a introduit une distinction, qui nous est aujourd’hui devenue familière, entre le problème difficile de la conscience [hard problem] et les problèmes faciles de la conscience [easy problems]. Les problèmes faciles sont ceux qui concernent la question de savoir comment l’esprit réussit à traiter de l’information, à réagir aux stimuli provenant de l’environnement...
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108A Question of Method: Reflective vs. Hermeneutical PhenomenologyThe Proceedings of the Twenty-First World Congress of Philosophy 12 111-118. 2007.In his Allgemeine Psychologie of 1912, Natorp formulates a by now classical criticism of phenomenology. 1. Phenomenology claims to describe and analyze lived subjectivity itself. In order to do so it employs a reflective methodology. But reflection is a kind of internal perception; it is a theoretical attitude; it involves an objectification. And as Natorp then asks, how is this objectifying procedure ever going to provide us with access to lived subjectivity itself? 2. Phenomenology aims at des…Read more
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240Second-Person Engagement, Self-Alienation, and Group-IdentificationTopoi 38 (1): 251-260. 2019.One of the central questions within contemporary debates about collective intentionality concerns the notion and status of the we. The question, however, is by no means new. At the beginning of the last century, it was already intensively discussed in phenomenology. Whereas Heidegger argued that a focus on empathy is detrimental to a proper understanding of the we, and that the latter is more fundamental than any dyadic interaction, other phenomenologists, such as Stein, Walther and Husserl, ins…Read more
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13Husserl und die transzendentale Intersubjektivität analyses the transcendental relevance of intersubjectivity, and argues that an intersubjective transformation of transcendental philosophy can already be found in phenomenology, especially in Husserl. Husserl eventually came to believe that an analysis of transcendental subjectivity was a conditio sine qua non for a phenomenological philosophy. Drawing on both published and unpublished manuscripts the book examines his reasons for this convictio…Read more
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24Nordic perspectives on phenomenology: an introductionContinental Philosophy Review 48 (2): 103-106. 2015.
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381Self and Other: The Limits of Narrative UnderstandingRoyal Institute of Philosophy Supplement 60 179-202. 2007.If the self—as a popular view has it—is a narrative construction, if it arises out of discursive practices, it is reasonable to assume that the best possible avenue to self-understanding will be provided by those very narratives. If I want to know what it means to be a self, I should look closely at the stories that I and others tell about myself, since these stories constitute who I am. In the following I wish to question this train of thought. I will argue that we need to operate with a more p…Read more
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63Varieties of reflectionJournal of Consciousness Studies 18 (2): 9-19. 2011.In her editorial introduction to the special issue 10 years of Viewing from Within: the Legacy of Francisco Varela as well as in her co-authored contribution 'The validity of first-person descriptions as authenticity and coherence' , Claire Petitmengin expresses some reservations about the way I have been characterizing reflection in some of my earlier writings. In replying to the criticism, I will use the occasion to amplify some of my previous remarks, pinpoint what I take to be some ambiguiti…Read more
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307Merleau-Ponty on Husserl: A ReappraisalIn Ted Toadvine & Lester E. Embree (eds.), Merleau-Ponty on Husserl: A Reappraisal, Kluwer Academic Publishers. 2002.If one comes to Phénoménologie de la perception after having read Sein und Zeit (or Prolegomena zur Geschichte des Zeitbegriffs) one will be in for a surprise. Both works contain a number of both implicit and explicit references to Husserl, but the presentation they give is so utterly different, that one might occasionally wonder whether they are referring to the same author. Thus nobody can overlook that Merleau-Ponty’s interpretation of Husserl differs significantly from Heidegger’s. It is far…Read more
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121Phenomenology and PsychopathologyPhilosophy, Psychiatry, and Psychology 18 (1): 37-39. 2011.In this response to Wiggins and Schwartz, Ratcliffe, and Stanghellini, we first wish to express our gratitude to Philosophy, Psychiatry, and Psychology for providing us the space to clarify our views and to overcome certain misunderstandings. Ratcliffe notes that our critique is "harsh," whereas Wiggins and Schwartz lament the fact that the debate "has taken the form of sometimes acid formulations and rejoinders . . . that lack the tone of mutual appreciation" (2011, 31). We deplore the fact tha…Read more
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26Réduction et constitution dans la phénoménologie du dernier HusserlPhilosophiques 20 (2): 363-381. 1993.
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Editorial Introduction: The Study of Consciousness and the Reinvention of the WheelJournal of Consciousness Studies 11 (10-11). 2004.Many scientists have until recently considered consciousness to be unsuitable for scientific research. As Damasio remarks, 'studying consciousness was simply not the thing to do before you made tenure, and even after you did it was looked upon with suspicion' . Prompted by technological developments as well as conceptual changes, this attitude has changed within the last decade or so, and an explanation of consciousness is currently seen by many as one of the few remaining major unsolved problem…Read more
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139Transcendental subjectivity and metaphysics. A discussion of David Carr's paradox of subjectivity (review)Human Studies 25 (1): 103-116. 2002.
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377Killing the straw man: Dennett and phenomenologyPhenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences 6 (1-2): 21-43. 2007.Can phenomenology contribute to the burgeoning science of consciousness? Dennett’s reply would probably be that it very much depends upon the type of phenomenology in question. In my paper I discuss the relation between Dennett’s heterophenomenology and the type of classical philosophical phenomenology that one can find in Husserl, Scheler and Merleau-Ponty. I will in particular be looking at Dennett’s criticism of classical phenomenology. How vulnerable is it to Dennett’s criticism, and how muc…Read more
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67Phénoménologie et métaphysiqueLes Etudes Philosophiques 4 (4): 499-517. 2008.Résumé — Dans sa contribution, Dan Zahavi discute de la relation entre la phénoménologie et la métaphysique. La phénoménologie est-elle métaphysiquement neutre ou est-elle sans rapport métaphysique ? Est-elle une sorte de propédeutique vis-à-vis de la métaphysique ou la phénoménologie est-elle au contraire une forme de métaphysique, peut-être même le sommet d’une sorte particulière de métaphysique ? Alors que la position de Husserl dans les Logische Untersuchungen peut être décrite comme métaphy…Read more
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96Conceptual problems in infantile autism research: Why cognitive science needs phenomenologyJournal of Consciousness Studies 10 (9-10): 9-10. 2003.Until recently, cognitive research in infantile autism primarily focussed on the ability of autistic subjects to understand and predict the actions of others. Currently, researchers are also considering the capacity of autists to understand their own minds. In this article we discuss selected recent contributions to the theory of mind debate and the study of infantile autism, and provide an analysis of intersubjectivity and self-awareness that is informed both by empirical research and by work i…Read more
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1The Experiential Self: objections and clarificationsIn Mark Siderits, Evan Thompson & Dan Zahavi (eds.), Self, no self?: perspectives from analytical, phenomenological, and Indian traditions, Oxford University Press. 2011.
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253Inner (Time-)ConsciousnessIn D. Lohmar & I. Yamaguchi (eds.), On Time - New Contributions to the Husserlian Phenomenology of Time, Springer. pp. 319-339. 2010.In the introduction to Zur Phänomenologie des inneren Zeitbewusstseins, Husserl remarks that “we get entangled in the most peculiar difficulties, contradictions, and confusions” (Hua X, 4) the moment we seek to account for time-consciousness. I think most scholars of Husserl’s writings on these issues would agree. Attempting to unravel the inner workings of time-consciousness can indeed easily induce a kind of intellectual vertigo. Let us consequently start with some of the basic questions that …Read more
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4Book reviews (review)International Journal of Philosophical Studies 13 (1): 121. 2005.The Transformation of Mathematics in the Early Mediterranean World: From Problems to Equations By Reviel Netz Cambridge University Press, 2004. Pp. ix + 198. ISBN 0–521–82996–8. £45.00 (hbk). From...
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