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Can transcendental intersubjectivity be naturalised?

Joel Smith(Department of Religion and Theology, University of Sheffield)

pp. 91-111

Abstract

I discuss Husserl's account of intersubjectivity in the fifth Cartesian Meditation. I focus on the problem of perceived similarity. I argue that recent work in developmental psychology and neuroscience, concerning intermodal representation and the mirror neuron system, fails to constitute a naturalistic solution to the problem. This can be seen via a comparison between the Husserlian project on the one hand and Molyneux's Question on the other.

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(2011) Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences 10 (1).

Pages: 91-111

DOI: 10.1007/s11097-009-9149-z

Full citation:

Smith Joel (2011) „Can transcendental intersubjectivity be naturalised?“. Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences 10 (1), 91–111.