The ideia of the life-world

Authors

  • Nathalie Barbosa de la Cadena Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF), Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brasil, nbcadena@gmail.com

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/phi.v26i2.68773

Abstract

The idea of the life-world

 

Abstract:

Life-world is a concept present in various texts about Husserl’s phenomenology. Some interpreters consider it a late and inconsistent concept present in The Crisis of European Sciences and Transcendental Phenomenology. In this paper, I argue that the idea of the life-world had already been thought in Husserl’s early texts such as Ideas II (first manuscript 1912). This idea was firstly named as surrounding world (Umwelt), then world of experience (Erfahrungswelt), and finally life-world (Lebenswelt). However, despite the different nomenclature, the essence of the life-world remains the same throughout his work. The life-world is a priori, transcendent, and co-given. I will analyze each of these characteristics and conclude in favor of a conceptual monism running through Husserl’s work.

Keywords: Husserl, life-world, a priori, transcendent, co-given.

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Published

2022-06-07

How to Cite

BARBOSA DE LA CADENA, N. The ideia of the life-world. Philósophos a journal of philosophy, Goiânia, v. 26, n. 2, 2022. DOI: 10.5216/phi.v26i2.68773. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/philosophos/article/view/68773. Acesso em: 3 jul. 2024.