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Radical Besinnung in Formale und transzendentale Logik (1929)

Mirja Hartimo

pp. 247-266

Abstract

This paper explicates Husserl’s usage of what he calls “radical Besinnung” in Formale und transzendentale Logik (1929). Husserl introduces radical Besinnung as his method in the introduction to FTL. Radical Besinnung aims at criticizing the practice of formal sciences by means of transcendental phenomenological clarification of its aims and presuppositions. By showing how Husserl applies this method to the history of formal sciences down to mathematicians’ work in his time, the paper explains in detail the relationship between historical critical Besinnung and transcendental phenomenology. Ultimately the paper suggests that radical Besinnung should be viewed as a general methodological framework within which transcendental phenomenological descriptions are used to criticize historically given goal-directed practices.

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Published in:

(2018) Husserl Studies 34 (3).

Pages: 247-266

DOI: 10.1007/s10743-018-9228-5

Full citation:

Hartimo Mirja (2018) „Radical Besinnung in Formale und transzendentale Logik (1929)“. Husserl Studies 34 (3), 247–266.