dmb said to David Morey: I had the impression that Husserl's phenomenology was something like an attempt to get at pure experience, an impression I believe you gave me. Last semester when I finally encountered Husserl I was totally baffled. To me, it looked weird and wrong and didn't seem to resemble pure experience at all. I was told that Husserl was interested in finding essences this way. As usual, I kept thinking "what the heck is an essence" and "when did anybody ever find such a thing"? Now I understand what had me so confused. As Raymond Boisvert says in his "John Dewey's Logic as a Theory of Knowing", "Within the bifurcated world of modernity, 'subjects', often thought of as primarily 'minds' (Descartes) or 'rational essences' (Kant), are in search of knowledge about 'objects'. This view of things gave rise to the naively optimistic delusion that at some point the objects will be completely understood. Frege and Husserl were simply following the tradition of Descartes and Kant when they fastened onto the necessary deduction of absolutely certain truths as the exemplary activity of human cognition."
DM replied: Yes, Husserl thought that he could derive truth from experience but runs in to problems. Funny thing is you talk like this sometimes. dmb says: Dude, I'm telling you that your advice sent a me off on a wild goose chase and wasted my time. From the perspective of a very busy student that a little bit cruel. Instead of saying "oops" or "sorry about that" all you can think to do is vagely insult me? I sound like the same cartesian wild goose you sent me running after, do I? Does the phrase "adding insult to injury" mean anything to you, Dave? (Note to self: don't forget to hold a grudge against DM for being wrong and then rude about it too.) Thanks for nothing, dmb _________________________________________________________________ Climb to the top of the charts! Play Star Shuffle: the word scramble challenge with star power. http://club.live.com/star_shuffle.aspx?icid=starshuffle_wlmailtextlink_oct Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
