2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Transformation of the Concept of "Reason" in Phenomenology : Husserl and Levinas
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19520008
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Philosophy/Ethics
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| Research Institution | Yamagata University |
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Principal Investigator |
TAGUCHI Shigeru Yamagata University, 地域教育文化学部, 准教授 (50287950)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2007 – 2009
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| Keywords | 哲学 / 現象学 / フッサール / レヴィナス / 理性 / 倫理 / 明証 / 主体性 |
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| Research Abstract |
Husserl's concept of "reason" traces our discursive reason back to a kind of intuitive reason as "evidence". On the basis of such a "reduction" Husserl sharpens the question about "measure" and "ground" of thinking, which consequently brings about an "egological" and "ethical" turn in phenomenology. Husserl's concept of "primal I" and "phenomenologizing I" as well as that of "responsibility" carried by such an "I" provide a clue to understanding Levinas's thought of "subjectivity" and "reason" in a phenomenological way. The concept of "reason" proposed by Levinas can be interpreted as such an ethical one that signifies "awakening" from self-intoxication of cognitive reason.
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