A1 Journal article (refereed)
Husserl’s Transcendentalization of Mathematical Naturalism (2020)

Hartimo, M. (2020). Husserl’s Transcendentalization of Mathematical Naturalism. Journal of Transcendental Philosophy, 1(3), 289-306. https://doi.org/10.1515/jtph-2019-0007

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All authors or editors: Hartimo, Mirja

Journal or series: Journal of Transcendental Philosophy

ISSN: 2626-8310

eISSN: 2626-8329

Publication year: 2020

Publication date: 18/11/2020

Volume: 1

Issue number: 3

Pages range: 289-306

Publisher: De Gruyter

Publication country: Germany

Publication language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jtph-2019-0007

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Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/73728

Abstract

The paper aims to capture a form of naturalism that can be found “built-in” in phenomenology, namely the idea to take science or mathematics on its own, without postulating extraneous normative “molds” on it. The paper offers a detailed comparison of Penelope Maddy’s naturalism about mathematics and Husserl’s approach to mathematics in Formal and Transcendental Logic (1929). It argues that Maddy’s naturalized methodology is similar to the approach in the first part of the book. However, in the second part Husserl enters into a transcendental clarification of the evidences and presuppositions of the mathematicians’ work, thus “transcendentalizing” his otherwise naturalist approach to mathematics. The result is a moderately revisionist view that takes the existing mathematical practices seriously, calls for reflection on them, and eventually gives suggestions for revisions if needed.

Keywords: phenomenology; transcendental idealism; philosophy of science; naturalism (philosophy); mathematics

Free keywords: Husserl, Edmund; liberal naturalism; mathematical naturalism; Maddy, Penelope; transcendental phenomenology

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VIRTA submission year: 2020

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