Being and Appearance
The Aporia of Husserlian Phenomenology
Will be published approx. on 28. November 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
168 pages
978-1-80592-340-4 (ISBN)
Description
Being and Appearance: The Aporia of Husserlian Phenomenology sets out to take phenomenology at its word, with a phenomenological examination of Husserlian phenomenology. More precisely, it's a question of determining what properly shows itself with the transcendent thing, and in what way.
This investigation reveals that absence is what properly shows itself with the being of what is given; this is not only with regard to the transcendent thing, but also with regard to consciousness itself as an object for itself. This investigation also reveals that it is illusion that is the specific mode of phenomenality of the transcendent thing, to which being is conferred only because it has the appearance of being real.
In the final analysis, it appears that Husserlian phenomenology is torn between two criteria of being: being as pure presence, given as an absolute, and being as the objectivity of the object, i.e. absence. The aporia of Husserlian phenomenology lies in the impossibility of deciding between these two criteria of being.
This investigation reveals that absence is what properly shows itself with the being of what is given; this is not only with regard to the transcendent thing, but also with regard to consciousness itself as an object for itself. This investigation also reveals that it is illusion that is the specific mode of phenomenality of the transcendent thing, to which being is conferred only because it has the appearance of being real.
In the final analysis, it appears that Husserlian phenomenology is torn between two criteria of being: being as pure presence, given as an absolute, and being as the objectivity of the object, i.e. absence. The aporia of Husserlian phenomenology lies in the impossibility of deciding between these two criteria of being.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Bingley
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
278 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-80592-340-4 (9781805923404)
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Person
Gilles Leveque teaches philosophy and is deputy director of the Arts and Letters department at the University of the Littoral Opal Coast, France.
Content
Introduction
Chapter 1. Transcendence and absence
Chapter 2. The presence of the absent
Chapter 3. The temporality of presence
Chapter 4. Appearing and being
Chapter 5. Being and illusion
Chapter 6. The aporia of Husserlian phenomenology
Conclusion
Chapter 1. Transcendence and absence
Chapter 2. The presence of the absent
Chapter 3. The temporality of presence
Chapter 4. Appearing and being
Chapter 5. Being and illusion
Chapter 6. The aporia of Husserlian phenomenology
Conclusion