: Aron Gurwitsch
: Richard M. Zaner
: The Collected Works of Aron Gurwitsch (1901-1973) Volume III: The Field of Consciousness: Theme, Thematic Field, and Margin
: Springer-Verlag
: 9789048133468
: 1
: CHF 287.50
:
: 20. und 21. Jahrhundert
: English
: 556
: Wasserzeichen/DRM
: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet
: PDF

This volume contains Gurwitsch's magnum opus, which emphasizes how items in the thematic field are relevant to the theme. It is introduced by his student Richard Zaner. This volume also includes the posthumous text, Marginal Consciousness.

Preface7
Dedication6
Contents9
The Field of Consciousness13
Editorial Introduction14
I. Brief Background14
II. The Modern Theory of Ideas16
III. The Distrust of Perceptual Life18
IV. The Flawed Epistemic Move20
V. Husserls View of Whole-Part Relations: Gurwitschs Critique22
VI. Thematic Organization26
VII. The Phenomenon of Context28
VIII. Summary33
Author's Introduction35
PART ONE General Problems of Organization in Consciousness45
Chapter I The Problem of Dimensional Differences Between Conjunctions of Phases of Experience46
I. Serial and Dimensional Differences46
II. The Problem of Dimensional Differences and the Philosophy of Radical Empiricism48
III. Jamess Description of the Field of Consciousness52
Chapter II Origin of Organization55
I. Jamess Sensible Totals and Their Dissociation55
II. Organization as an Autochthonous Feature of Experience60
III. The Problem of Organization in Piagets Psychology66
1. The Concept of ''Schemata''66
2. Assimilation, Accommodation, and the Problem of Segregation71
3. Historical Continuity of Mental Development74
4. Structural Organization as an Immanent Feature of Experience78
IV. Reformulation of the Problem of Organization81
Chapter III Grouping and Organization of Sense-Data86
I. von Ehrenfelss Concept of Form-Qualities86
II. Theories of the School of Graz89
1. Objects of Higher Order89
2. The Theory of ''Production''93
III. Sensuous Qualities of a Higher Order99
1. Husserl''s Concept of ''Figurale Momente''99
2. Stumpf''''s Concept of ''Verschmelzung''106
PART TWO Some Principles of Gestalt Psychology114
Chapter I Some Principles of Gestalt Psychology115
I. The Constancy-Hypothesis and Its Abandonment115
II. Dependence of Perception on External and Internal Conditions120
III. On Acquisition by Experience124
1. The Traditional and the Gestalt Theoretical Concepts of Experience124
2. Acquisition of Empirical Meanings126
3. Discrimination and Segregation129
4. Impossibility of an ''Intuitionistic'' Philosophy131
IV. Reformulation of the Problem of Gestalt (Form) Qualities132
V. Types of Gestalt-Contextures133
1. Intervals and Terminals133
2. Figure and Ground137
VI. Functional Significance141
1. The Concept of Gestalt141
2. Experiential and Experimental Evidence144
3. Qualification of Gestalt-Constituents by Their Functional Significance147
VII. On Successive Comparison150
1. Koffka's Discussion of Stumpf''s Paradox150
2. James''s Concepts of ''Sensation of Difference'' and ''Sensation of Likeness''153
VIII. Gestalt-Coherence158
1. Interdependence of the Constituents of a Gestalt-Contexture158
2. Segregation and Unification of Gestalt-Contextures163
IX. Bergsons Concept of Qualitative Multiplicities165
X. Wholes and Parts169
XI. The Law of Good Continuation175
PART THREE Some Fundamental Concepts of Constitutive Phenomenology179
Chapter I Some Fundamental Concepts of Constitutive Phenomenology180
I. The Psychological and the Phenomenological Approach to Consciousness180
II. The Root of The Constancy-Hypothesis184
III. The Phenomenological Reduction187
IV. Phenomenological Interpretation of the Dismissal of the Constancy-Hypothesis191
V. The Perceptual Noema196
1. Act of Perception Perceptual Noema
2. The Perceptual Noema as Perceptual Meaning199
3. The Object as Noematic Phenomenon204
VI. Jamess Concept of Object of Thought and Husserls Concept of Noema207
VII. Problems of Ideation212
1. Eidetic Sciences212
2. The Apprehension of Eide and Eidetic Relations by the Method of ''Free Variation''214
PART FOUR Phenomenological Theory of Perception221
Chapter I The Perceptual Process223
I. Perceptual Adumbration223
II. Essential Insufficiency of Every Single Perception225
III. The Condition of the Unity of the Perceptual Process228
IV. Open Infinity of the Perceptual Process234
V. Characterization of the Perceptual Process in Terms of Gestalt Theory237
VI. Some Principles of Transcendental Phenomenology240
1. Reference of Objects to Consciousness240
2. The Presumptive Existence of the Perceptual World243
Chapter II Analysis of the Perceptual Noema248
I. Sense-Experience and Perception248
II. Descriptive Orientation of Phenomenological Analyses251
III. The Inner Horizon254
IV. Open Possibilities264
V. The Theories of J. Ward and G. F. Stout266
1. Implicit Ideas267
2. Stout's Meaning-Theory of Perception and His Concept of Retentiveness271
3. Koffka's Criticism of Stout's Theory277
4. Meaning and Carrier of Meaning280
VI. Husserls Dualistic Theory of Perception284
VII. Gestalt Theoretical Account of the Perceptual Noema291
1. Formulation of the Problem291
2. The Structure of the Perceptual Noema293
Chapter III Noetic Analysis of Perception299
I. Anticipations and Expectancies299
II. Husserls Concept of Potentialities of Consciousness304
III