A3 Book section, Chapters in research books
Radical Besinnung as a Method for Phenomenological Critique (2022)

Hartimo, M. (2022). Radical Besinnung as a Method for Phenomenological Critique. In S. A. Aldea, D. Carr, & S. Heinämaa (Eds.), Phenomenology as Critique : Why Method Matters (pp. 80-94). Routledge. Routledge Research in Phenomenology. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003191483-6

JYU authors or editors

Publication details

All authors or editors: Hartimo, Mirja

Parent publication: Phenomenology as Critique : Why Method Matters

Parent publication editors: Aldea, Smaranda Andreea; Carr, David; Heinämaa, Sara

ISBN: 978-1-032-01511-8

eISBN: 978-1-003-19148-3

Journal or series: Routledge Research in Phenomenology

Publication year: 2022

Publication date: 18/02/2022

Pages range: 80-94

Number of pages in the book: 292

Publisher: Routledge

Place of Publication: New York

Publication country: United States

Publication language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003191483-6

Publication open access: Not open

Publication channel open access: 

Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/83591

Publication is parallel published: https://philarchive.org/rec/HARRBA-6

Abstract

The chapter discusses Husserl’s method of historical reflection, radical Besinnung, as defined and used in Formale und transzendentale Logik (1929). Whereas Formal and Transcendental Logic introduces and displays Husserl’s usage of Besinnung in the context of the exact sciences, the chapter seeks to develop it as a more general critical method with which to approach any rational goal-directed activity. Husserl defines Besinnung as a method that enables understanding agents and their actions by explicating agents’ typically implicit goals. It leads to the inclusion of historical-teleological activities as part of Husserl’s natural understanding of the world. The transcendental reflection radicalizes Besinnung by clarifying the kinds of evidence sought for in activities and then suggesting revisions to the concepts and principles used. The result is inner critique, which means that the activities are criticized against the norms that arise from reflection on these activities themselves, and not from a comparison with external standards or measures.

Keywords: phenomenology; philosophy of science; methodology; consciousness (mental properties); human agency; reflection (cognitive processes); transcendence (being)

Free keywords: Husserl, Edmund

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Ministry reporting: Yes

VIRTA submission year: 2022

JUFO rating: 3