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Objects with a past

Husserl on "ad-memorizing apperceptions"

Christian Ferencz-Flatz(Alexandru Dragomir Institute for Philosophy)

pp. 171-188

Abstract

In a late notation from 1932, Husserl emphasizes the fact that a broad concept of "apperception" should also include, alongside his usual examples, the apprehension of objects as bearers of an individual or inter-subjective past, specifically "indicated" with them; thus, he distinguishes between apperceptions "appresenting" a simultaneous content (co-presentations), anticipatory apperceptions pointing to future incidents, and retrospective apperceptions referring to "ad-memorized" (hinzuerinnert, ad-memoriert) features and events. The latter sort of apperceptions are involved not only in our apprehension of historical traces and relics, but also in that of causal relations, familiar objects, and cultural objects in general. Following several later notations of Husserl concerning the topic of "apperceptions," this paper outlines the specific intentional structure of retrospective or evocative apperceptions, analyzing their various possible forms.

Publication details

Published in:

(2012) Continental Philosophy Review 45 (2).

Pages: 171-188

DOI: 10.1007/s11007-012-9218-9

Full citation:

Ferencz-Flatz Christian (2012) „Objects with a past: Husserl on "ad-memorizing apperceptions"“. Continental Philosophy Review 45 (2), 171–188.