Belief and Its Neutralization: Husserl's System of Phenomenology in Ideas I (S U N Y Series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy)

Introduction: The Task Of Thinking -- The Idea Of Phenomenology -- The Crisis, Its Source And Dimensions -- Natural Order And Critique -- System And Norms -- Ethos, Ought, Teleology -- The System Of Husserlian Phenomenology: Ideas I -- Polarities -- The Order Of Critique -- The Whole And Its Parts -- Phenomenological Propaedeutics -- Logical Considerations: Fact And Essence -- The Realm Of The Natural -- Individual And Essence, Possibility And Necessity -- Factual And Eidetic Sciences -- Between Scylla And Charybdis: The Principle Of All Principles -- Phenomenology And Philosophy -- Empiricism, Naturalism, Skepticism -- Idealism -- The Blindness Of Theory -- The First Principle -- Dogmatism -- The Epoche And The Phenomenological Reductions -- The Attitudes Of Consciousness -- The General Thesis -- The Instrumentalization Of Cartesian Doubt -- The Attitudinal Leap -- The Family Of Reductions -- The Primacy Of The Universal Epoche -- The Field Of Phenomenological Research: Pure Consciousness -- The Phenomenological Residuum -- The Modifiability Of Consciousness I: Actionality And Inactionality -- The Modifiability Of Consciousness Ii: Intentionality -- Immanent And Transcendent Perception -- Consciousness And The Natural World -- Merely Phenomenal And Absolute Being -- The Destruction Of Transcendence -- The Annihilation Of The World -- From The Natural To The Phenomenological Sphere -- The Disclosure Of The System's Lowermost Limit: Subjectivity -- The Science Of Phenomenology. Marcus Brainard. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 307-328) And Index. Belief and its Neutralization......Page 4 Contents......Page 10 Preface......Page 14 I. Introduction The Task of Thinking......Page 22 1. The Idea of Phenomenology......Page 26 1.1 The Crisis, its Source and Dimensions......Page 27 1.2 Natural Order and Critique......Page 29 1.3 System and Norms......Page 32 1.4 Ethos, Ought, Teleology......Page 35 2. The System of Husserlian Phenomenology: Ideas I......Page 42 2.1 Polarities......Page 45 2.2 The Order of Critique......Page 47 2.3 The Whole and its Parts......Page 48 II. Phenomenological Propaedeutics......Page 54 1. Logical Considerations: Fact and Essence......Page 58 1.1 The Realm of the Natural......Page 59 1.2 Individual and Essence, Possibility and Necessity......Page 61 1.3 Factual and Eidetic Sciences......Page 66 2.1 Phenomenology and Philosophy......Page 69 2.2 Empiricism, Naturalism, Skepticism......Page 71 2.4 The Blindness of Theory......Page 74 2.5 The First Principle......Page 75 2.6 Dogmatism......Page 77 3. The Epoché and the Phenomenological Reductions......Page 78 3.1 The Attitudes of Consciousness......Page 80 3.2 The General Thesis......Page 81 3.3 The Instrumentalization of Cartesian Doubt......Page 83 3.4 The Attitudinal Leap......Page 86 3.5 The Family of Reductions......Page 89 3.6 The Primacy of the Universal Epoché......Page 95 4. The Field of Phenomenological Inquiry: Pure Consciousness......Page 96 4.1 The Phenomenological Residuum......Page 97 4.2 The Modifiability of Consciousness I: Actionality and Inactionality......Page 99 4.3 The Modifiability of Consciousness II: Intentionality......Page 101 4.4 Immanent and Transcendent Perception......Page 103 4.5 Consciousness and the Natural World......Page 104 4.6 Merely Phenomenal and Absolute Being......Page 110 4.7 The Destruction of Transcendence......Page 114 4.8 The Annihilation of the World......Page 117 4.9 From the Natural to the Phenomenological Sphere......Page 120 1. The Science of Pure Phenomenology......Page 124 1.1 The First Negative Account: Phenomenological Method and its Dissenters......Page 125 1.2 The First Positive Account: The Aim and Method of Phenomenology......Page 130 1.3 The Second Negative and Positive Accounts: Intuition and First Science......Page 135 2.1 Phenomenology as Rigorous Science......Page 139 2.2 The Pure Ego and its Lived Experiences......Page 147 2.3 Intentionality and Constitution......Page 152 3. The Noetic-Noematic Correlation: Towards the Basis of Conscious Life......Page 154 3.1 The Functionality of Intentional Reference......Page 155 3.2 The Discovery of the Noema......Page 157 3.3 The Modifiability of Consciousness......Page 163 3.4 Belief- and Being-Characteristics......Page 172 4. The Doctrine of the Neutrality Modification......Page 178 4.1 The Epoché and the Neutrality Modification......Page 181 4.2 Neutrality and Reason......Page 182 4.3 Supposing and Neutrality......Page 183 4.4 Fantasy and the Neutrality Modification......Page 184 4.5 Fantasy, Aesthetic Consciousness, and the Neutrality Modification......Page 185 4.6 The Abyss between Positional and Neutral Consciousness......Page 187 4.7 The Levels of Consciousness......Page 192 4.8 Detours and Direct Routes: The Universality of the Neutrality Modification......Page 196 4.9 The Transition to the Logical and its Obstruction......Page 200 5. The Realm of Logos......Page 201 5.1 Higher Level Features of Consciousness: Synthetic Consciousness......Page 202 5.2 Positional and Neutral Syntheses......Page 204 5.3 The Expression of Syntheses......Page 205 5.4 The Directions of Synthesis......Page 207 5.5 The Logical Strata......Page 209 5.6 Expression, Judgment, Belief......Page 212 1. The Referentiality of the Noema......Page 216 2.1 The Nature of Reason......Page 223 2.2 Forms of Rational Consciousness and Evidence......Page 225 2.3 Hierarchies of Belief, Reason, Evidence, and Truth......Page 230 2.4 The Animating Force of the Originary, Immediate, Direct......Page 232 2.5 Being and Thinking......Page 233 2.6 The Prescriptive Function of Essence......Page 234 2.7 Belief and Normativity......Page 235 3. Towards Absolute Reason......Page 237 V. Conclusion: The Phenomenological Movement......Page 240 Postscript......Page 248 Preface......Page 250 I. Introduction: The Task Of Thinking......Page 254 II. Phenomenological Propaedeutics......Page 285 III. The Disclosure of the System’s Lowermost Limit: Subjectivity......Page 300 IV. Towards the System’s Uppermost Limit: Reason......Page 320 V. The Phenomenological Movement......Page 325 Bibliography......Page 328 F......Page 350 R......Page 351 Y......Page 352 Presenting the first step-by-step commentary on Husserl's Ideas I, Marcus Brainard's Belief and Its Neutralization provides an introduction not only to this central work, but also to the whole of transcendental phenomenology. Brainard offers a clear and lively account of each key element in Ideas I, along with a novel reading of Husserl, one which may well cause scholars to reconsider many long-standing views on his thought, especially on the role of belief, the effect and scope of the epoché, and the significance of the universal neutrality modification. Annotation. This point-by-point commentary on Husserl's Ideas I serves as an introduction to the text, and to the larger field of transcendental phenomenology. Brainard's (postdoctoral fellow, Carl Friedrich von Siemens Foundation) reading of Husserl challenges many of the accepted interpretations, especially concerning the role of belief, the effect and scope of the epoche, and the significance of the universal neutrality modification. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR