Structure phenomenology : : preconscious formation in the epistemic disclosure of reality / / Herbert Witzenmann, Johannes Wagemann, editors.

• TeilnehmendeR: Witzenmann, Herbert,; Wagemann, Johannes,
• Place / Publishing House: London : : Bloomsbury Academic,, 2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (176 pages)

"This open access book is the first English translation of Herbert Witzenmann's seminal work, Strukturphänomenologie, which departs from the traditional phenomenological methods of Husserl, Sartre, and Merleau-Ponty to introduce a fresh approach to the nexus of consciousness and reality. In Structure Phenomenology, Witzenmann argues for the active mental participation of humans in the emergence of everyday consciousness of all kinds. Whilst many philosophers advocating the notion of pre-reflective consciousness claim that habitual states of phenomenal consciousness must be ascribed a derivative or memorative status, even if they seem to refer to present objectivity, Witzenmann proposes an alternative first-person methodology. Through his logically grounded and experience-based approach, he contends that it is not neural processes that produce consciousness, but rather one's own preconscious rootedness in reality which can be made conscious. Influenced by the writings of Rudolf Steiner and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Witzenmann's innovative approach casts new light on a number of philosophical, psychological, and scientific issues: from being and becoming to temporality and presence, and mind and body. Even freedom takes on a new meaning when reality is not pre-given to human consciousness, but is rather a result of human participation in the basic process. This annotated translation makes Witzenmann's text accessible to an English audience for the first time and, with a comprehensive editorial introduction by Johannes Wagemann, situates his ground-breaking insights within the development of phenomenology".

Table of Contents

Foreword, Johannes Wagemann (Alanus University, Germany) -- Introduction to Structure Phenomenology, Johannes Wagemann (Alanus University, Germany) -- 1. Biographical Notes on Herbert Witzenmann -- 2. The Role of Introspection -- 3. Intentionality and the Basic Structure -- 4. The Deposited Memorative Layer -- 5. Reality Access and Ontological Stratification -- 6. Reception and Further Development of Witzenmann's Structure Phenomenology -- Structure Phenomenology, Herbert Witzenmann -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Part 1: The Basic Structure -- 1.1 Mistaken Conceptions Of The Relation Between Consciousness And Object -- 1.2 The Basic Structure In The Light Of Rudolf Steiner's Epistemology -- 1.3 Explanatory Remarks -- Part 2: The Crucial Difficulty. The Problem of Generation -- 2.1 Self-giving. Temporalization. Depresentification -- 2.2. A Seemingly Resultant Infinite Regress -- 2.3 The Problem of Continuity -- Part 3: The Proposed Solution -- 3.1 Thinking Act and Thought Content (Evidence) -- 3.2 Further Elucidation on this Approach to a Solution -- 3.3 Formation of Reality and Beings -- 3.4 The Sub-temporal and Super-temporal -- 3.5 Thinking Act and Self-consciousness (the "I"). The Concept of Observation -- 3.6 The Solution to the Problem of Memory -- 3.7 The Deposited Memorative Layer. The Concept of Objectivity. The Gaze Behind the Veil -- 3.8 The Concept of Presence -- 3.9 Structural and Functional Remembering -- 3.10 The Paradox of Self-giving. The Self-forgetfulness of Supposing -- 3.11 Results of the Structure-phenomenological Exploration of the Contents of Consciousness -- Part 4: The Significance Of Structure Phenomenology -- Advice for the Reader -- References.