PHENOMENOLOGY AND SYMBOL: FROM HUSSERL TO BACHELARD
HORIZON / Fenomenologicheskie issledovanija/ STUDIEN ZUR PHÄNOMENOLOGIE / STUDIES IN PHENOMENOLOGY / ÉTUDES PHÉNOMÉNOLOGIQUES January 1, 2020 Boris G. Sokolov 1 citation
Husserl's phenomenological approach is inherently blind to the role of symbols, yet both the objects of experience (noema) and the acts of consciousness (noesis) are always already shaped by symbolism. This means the project of pure phenomenological description requires a "symbolic correction." The experienced object is always symbolically constituted, and the ego's position is not only culturally infected but also serves as an "assemblage point" where phenomena form as constellations. Moreover, the flow of phenomena follows culturally specific scenarios rather than a universal temporal model. The author examines how philosopher Gaston Bachelard's poetic topology of the Home offers one such corrective.