Requirement of Distinction and Need for Proximity. The Husserlian Conception of Empathy as the Basis of Transcendental Intersubjectivity

Authors

  • Stefano Besoli Università di Bologna

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6093/1593-7178/9665

Abstract

In this essay my aim is to defend the Husserlian account of empathy. The problerm of the other is the touchstone of transcendental phenomenology and I shall argue that the account Husserl provides in the fifth chapter of Cartesian Meditations is both schematically sound and methodological fruitful. The philosophic problem of other is particularly acute for Husserl because the aim of his inquiry requires its solution yet the procedure he employs appears to preclude. By analyzing the evolution of the entire Husserlian problem of empathy and, in parallel, the extension of the reduction to intersubjectivity, it was intended to show that whatever the content of empathy, Husserl has reached his philosophical goal: to disclose its foundation and to articulate its invariant eidetic structure.

Keywords: Analogical Apperception, Appresentation, Empathy, Husserl, Phenomenology

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Published

2022-12-22

How to Cite

Besoli, S. (2022). Requirement of Distinction and Need for Proximity. The Husserlian Conception of Empathy as the Basis of Transcendental Intersubjectivity. Bollettino Filosofico, 37, 204–234. https://doi.org/10.6093/1593-7178/9665

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Vol. 37 (2022): Rethinking Empathy. Between Ethics and Aesthetics

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