Husserl on Hume

ABSTRACT

This article offers an account of the development of Husserl’s assessment of Hume’s position in the history of philosophy. In Husserl’s early treatment of Hume, Husserl’s interpretation was shaped by the anti-Kantian views of his teacher Franz Brentano. Later, however, Husserl concentrated on those themes in Hume’s philosophy that were of relevance for the development of his own conception of phenomenology. His analysis into the a priori structures of intentionality led the Husserl of Logical Investigations (1900–1901) to reject Hume’s nominalism and sensualism, and to criticize Hume’s naturalistic psychologism and fictionalism. Already at this point, however, Husserl appreciated Hume’s metaphysical neutrality as well as his radical starting point in the immediate givenness of consciousness. In the period following Husserl’s transcendental turn in Ideas I (1913), Hume is gradually re-assessed in the context of Husserl’s engagement with Kant as a philosopher who offers important insights concerning concrete problems of transcendental philosophy. For Husserl, Hume ultimately offers the first outline of a pure phenomenology and, indeed, becomes one of the most important forerunners of transcendental philosophy as such.     

Neo-Pragmatism,Primitive Intentionality and Animal Minds

Philosophia - According to Hutto and Satne (Philosophia, 43(3), 521–536, 2015), an “essential tension” plagues contemporary neo-Pragmatist accounts of mental contents: their...     

Some remarks on a research project of the centre D'Etudes des solidarites sociales (CESOL) integration: A challenge for business

The solidarity of business towards marginalized people can be expressed by insertion projects. Giving a job to someone who really needs it can also be a way of improving one's corporate image at the same time as doing something to solve a serious social problem.     

Holistic face processing is penetrable … depending on the composite design

Holistic processing (HP) of faces is usually measured by the composite effect. While Weston and Perfect [2005. Effects of processing bias on the recognition of composite face halves. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 12, 1038–1042. doi:10.3758/BF03206440] found that priming at the local level speeded recognition of components of faces, Gao et al. [2011. Priming global and local processing of composite faces: Revisiting the processing-bias effect on face perception. Attention Perception & Psychophysics, 73, 1477–1486. doi:10.3758/s13414-011-0109-7] found that only global priming had an effect on HP of faces. The two studies used different versions of the composite task (the partial design, which is considered to be prone on bias, and the complete design). However, the two studies also differed in other respects and it is difficult to know to what extent issues with the partial design contributed to the differing conclusions. In the present study, the HP indexed by the complete design measure was augmented by global priming. In contrast, no effect was observed in the partial design index. We claim that the partial design index reflects other factors besides HP, including response bias, and conclude that HP can be understood within the context of domain-general attentional processes.     

期望中断效应的注意共享解释-来自ERP的证据

以1700毫秒和2300毫秒为考察时距,采用时距复制任务,对编码阶段的中断位置进行操纵,并记录了14名大学生在进行时距复制任务时编码阶段的事件相关电位(ERP).行为结果发现:分别就1700毫秒和2300毫秒而言,中断位置越靠后,复制时距越短.脑电结果发现:无中断条件的(控制任务1)编码阶段在350～550毫秒和350～1150毫秒的CNV平均波幅分别较中断位置为550毫秒的条件和中断位置为1150毫秒条件显著更高;无中断条件的(控制任务2)编码阶段在350～750毫秒和350～1550毫秒的CNV平均波幅分别较中断位置为750毫秒的条件和中断位置为1550毫秒条件显著更高.这说明了间断编码的时间复制任务中存在期望中断效应且以注意共享机制解释期望中断效应得到了电生理学证据的直接支持.