Phenomenology Without Correlationism: Husserl's Hyletic Material
The thrust of the argument presented in this paper is that phenomenological ontology survives the criticism of correlationism as advanced by speculative realism, a movement that has evolved in continental philosophy over the past decade. Correlationism is the position, allegedly occupied by phenom...
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| Language: | English |
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Rhodes University
[2015]
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The Indo-Pacific journal of phenomenology
Year: 2015, Volume: 15, Issue: 2, Pages: 1-12 |
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Husserl, Edmund 1859-1938, Die Krisis der europäischen Wissenschaften und die transzendentale Phänomenologie
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/ Correlation
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| IxTheo Classification: | VB Hermeneutics; Philosophy |
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| Summary: | The thrust of the argument presented in this paper is that phenomenological ontology survives the criticism of correlationism as advanced by speculative realism, a movement that has evolved in continental philosophy over the past decade. Correlationism is the position, allegedly occupied by phenomenology, that presupposes the ontological primacy of the human subject. Phenomenology survives this criticism not because the criticism misses its mark, but because phenomenology occupies a position that is broader than that of correlationism. With its critique of correlationism, speculative realism rightly identifies a battle that no longer needs to be fought: the battle against 19th century brands of mechanical realism. Free from the impatient and defensive posturing against the mechanization of the human, phenomenology is also free to explore the world beyond its emphasis on human experience. Doing so requires a return to Husserl's discussion of hylé and the twofold bed of phenomenology. Phenomenology may emphasize hylé - that is, material; or it may emphasize nous - the world as it appears to or is transformed by consciousness. By returning to Merleau-Ponty's Phenomenology of Perception, a case is made for hyletic phenomenology. Hyletic phenomenology allows for ontological reversibility and recognizes the unhuman elements in things. It is hyletic phenomenology that grounds phenomenological ontology after the critique of correlationism has been assessed. |
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| ISSN: | 1445-7377 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The Indo-Pacific journal of phenomenology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/20797222.2015.1101830 |