the problem of anchorage
the problem of anchorage, i.e., the problem of the relation of the noema to concrete objects. (How can a mental act, in somehow grasping an abstract noema, thereby be directed […]
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Husserl’s Theory of Intentionality (CM 2)
Phenomenology Lectures 2008-9: Husserl (II) via: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~uctysar/ Husserl’s Theory of Intentionality (CM 2) In CM 2, Husserl makes a few comments about the ‘new science’ that he thinks the epoche […]
phenomenological epoche
Phenomenology Lectures: Edmund Husserl (1859-1938) via: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~uctysar/ Lecture One (An overview of H’s life and works (& a video of him at 77) are at http://www.husserlpage.com.) I The phenomenological epoche […]
in addition to being primarily directed towards an object, each act is incidentally directed towards itself as a secondary object (Brentano)
All mental phenomena have in common, Brentano argues, “that they are only perceived in inner consciousness, while in the case of physical phenomena only external perception is possible” (Psychology, 91). […]
truth of the judgment and mental act
Moreover, the truth of the judgment is neither equivalent to nor dependent upon the psychological experience of clear evidence that accompanies the mental act embracing it.
Mental acts transpire in time: they begin and end, and they can be repeated and individually counted. Numbers, in contrast, are timeless.
