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(2005) Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences 4 (2).
On the development of Husserl's transcendental phenomenology of imagination and its use for interdisciplinary research
Julia Jansen
pp. 121-132
In this paper I trace Husserl's transformation of his notion of phantasy from its strong leanings towards empiricism into a transcendental phenomenology of imagination. Rejecting the view that this account is only more incompatible with contemporary neuroscientific research, I instead claim that the transcendental suspension of naturalistic (or scientific) pretensions precisely enables cooperation between the two distinct realms of phenomenology and science. In particular, a transcendental account of phantasy can disclose the specific accomplishments of imagination without prematurely deciding upon a particular scientific paradigm for its experimental investigation; a decision that is best left to the sciences themselves.
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DOI: 10.1007/s11097-005-0135-9
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Jansen, J. (2005). On the development of Husserl's transcendental phenomenology of imagination and its use for interdisciplinary research. Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences 4 (2), pp. 121-132.
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