THE ETHICAL MOTIVE FOR THE USE OF THE TRANSCENDENTAL SUBJECTIVITY

Authors

  • Marcelo Fabri Universidade Federal de Santa Maria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/phi.v21i1.37385

Keywords:

Ethics, phenomenology, transcendental subjectivity, reduction.

Abstract

The paper aims to investigate the ethical motive which led Husserl to defend the transcendental subjectivity. The central thesis is that phenomenological attitude is more than a pure methodical and theoretical approach on human subjectivity. Husserlian’s use of the transcendental ego has a practical purpose. Considering that phenomenology always begins by the suspension of the natural attitude, the possibility of this suspension implicates a paradox: the ego must preserve his belief in reason and science in order to carry out the neutralization of its beliefs concerning natural attitude. This belief is crucial in order to understand the ethical meaning of the transcendental reduction which is the beginning of an entirely new form of life.

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Author Biography

Marcelo Fabri, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria

Possui graduação em Filosofia pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas (1985), mestrado em Educação pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas (1989) e doutorado em Filosofia pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas (1995). Realizou estágio pós-doutoral na Università di Catania (Itália), de outubro de 2004 a julho de 2005. Atualmente é professor associado da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria. Tem experiência na área de Filosofia, com ênfase em Ética Fenomenológica, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: subjetividade, cultura, motivação, Husserl, Levinas, ontologia contemporânea.

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Published

2016-08-28

How to Cite

FABRI, Marcelo. THE ETHICAL MOTIVE FOR THE USE OF THE TRANSCENDENTAL SUBJECTIVITY. Philósophos a journal of philosophy, Goiânia, v. 21, n. 1, p. 59–81, 2016. DOI: 10.5216/phi.v21i1.37385. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/philosophos/article/view/37385. Acesso em: 6 dec. 2025.

Issue

Vol. 21 No. 1 (2016): Dossiê do Congresso Husserl

Section

Dossiê de Artigos Originais

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