The Portrait of Propositions in Edmund Husserl’s Logical Investigations: The Question of Husserl as Historical Predecessor to Act-Based Conceptions of Propositional Content
2020
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The Portrait of Propositions in Edmund Husserl’s Logical Investigations: The Question of Husserl as Historical Predecessor to Act-Based Conceptions of Propositional Content
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This research investigates the conception of propositional content present in the work of German philosopher Edmund Husserl (1859-1938). Husserl's influence spans diverse areas of 20th century philosophical thought through his founding of the practice of phenomenology, developed in notable works such as Logical Investigations (1900/01) and Ideas (1913). His influence on subsequent generations of thinkers also comes indirectly through his guidance of renowned students including Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Martin Heidegger. The primary question taken up by this research is whether it is appropriate to identify Husserl’s portrait of propositional content in his Logical Investigations as a historical predecessor to act-based conceptions of propositional content developed in recent decades. This research proposes that in the Logical Investigations, Husserl gives a portrait of propositions greatly resembling the Fregean portrait. In this regard, it would be inappropriate to name Husserl’s portrait of propositions as a historical predecessor to present-day act-based conceptions of propositional content.
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Faculty Advisor: Peter Hanks
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This research was supported by the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP).
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Ulven, Farrow. (2020). The Portrait of Propositions in Edmund Husserl’s Logical Investigations: The Question of Husserl as Historical Predecessor to Act-Based Conceptions of Propositional Content. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/212918.
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