Date: Sat, 18 Apr 1998 08:31:20 -0700
From: Mike Staples <mstaples-AT-argusqa.com>
Subject: Thinking Phenomenologically


In the midst of the Husserl/Heidigger dialogue that has been going on,
one question occured to me about the process of thinking
phenomenologically. Husserl attempts to outline a method for thinking
about being in the world phenomenologically. He goes through his
routine...suspend the Natural mode of thinking, return to the thing
itself, alow imaginative variation to collect perceptional
impressions...and so on.

Is Heidegger's approach to thinking the world phenomenologically (and
I'm talking method here) different from Husserl's only in regard to the
suspension of this Natural mode? In other words, where Husserl's method
might suggests a step back, away from direct involvement in the world
(and I realize this reading of the epoche might be controversial),
Heidegger might suggest a step toward direct involvement. Is that the
difference, not so much in their theoretical structue, but in the way
these two men might suggest I go about thinking the world
phenomenologically? Or is there more? Can anyone suggest a Heideggerian
method for thinking about the world phenomenologically? Might the
Husserlian "chalk" example (you know, walking around the piece of chalk,
gathering perceptual evidence from different angles until all of a
sudden you realize that its a piece of chalk) be a nice vehicle for an
explanation here?

Michael Staples




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