Scholars who deal with Heidegger’s philosophy often remark the scarcity of his references to
phenomenological reduction as a means to grant access to the point of view of the being-in-the-world
of the Dasein, the central theme of his early philosophy. Also the role of phenomenological
reduction in Heidegger’s philosophy makes problem, as he criticizes Husserl for making of
reduction a mere tool to reveal a pure, timeless and extra-worldly conscience – an untenable
claim, according to Heidegger, …
Read moreScholars who deal with Heidegger’s philosophy often remark the scarcity of his references to
phenomenological reduction as a means to grant access to the point of view of the being-in-the-world
of the Dasein, the central theme of his early philosophy. Also the role of phenomenological
reduction in Heidegger’s philosophy makes problem, as he criticizes Husserl for making of
reduction a mere tool to reveal a pure, timeless and extra-worldly conscience – an untenable
claim, according to Heidegger, for Dasein’s being-in-the-world, as his most original way of
being, can never be put out of play by any reduction. The role of transcendental reduction in
Heidegger’s phenomenology is the theme of the present paper.
