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Philosophy of consciousness: Alfred Schütz's philosophy of consciousness is grounded in the phenomenological tradition, which emphasizes the importance of subjective experience in understanding the world. Schütz argued that consciousness is not a private or isolated affair, but rather is always embedded in our social and cultural context. See also Consciousness, Context, Experience, World/Thinking, Phenomenology._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Alfred Schütz on Philosophy of Consciousness - Dictionary of Arguments
Habermas IV 195 Philosophy of Consciousness/Schütz/HabermasVsSchütz/HabermasVsLuckmann: Schütz and Luckmann stick to the model of philosophy of consciousness. Like Husserl, they start with the egological consciousness, for which the general structures of the lifeworld are given as necessary subjective conditions for the experience of a concrete, historically shaped social lifeworld. Habermas IV 198 Within the philosophy of consciousness, the "experiencing subject" remains the last point of reference of the analysis. >E. Husserl, >Consciousness, >Subjects, >Life World, >Experience, >Analysis, >Method, >Theories._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Schütz I Alfred Schütz Der sinnhafte Aufbau der sozialen Welt Wien 1932 Ha I J. Habermas Der philosophische Diskurs der Moderne Frankfurt 1988 Ha III Jürgen Habermas Theorie des kommunikativen Handelns Bd. I Frankfurt/M. 1981 Ha IV Jürgen Habermas Theorie des kommunikativen Handelns Bd. II Frankfurt/M. 1981 |