Book chapter
Jan Patočka: From the Concept of Evidence to the Natural World and Beyond
The Phenomenological Critique of Mathematisation and the Question of Responsibility, Vol.76, pp.31-42
Springer International Publishing
2014
Abstract
In this paper, I call attention to certain themes that are present in Patočka ’s PhD dissertation of 1931, The Concept of Evidence and its Significance for Knowledge [Pojem Evidence a Jeho Význam pro Noetiku]; in which he outlines a historical account of the concept of evidence by considering the methodology of modern science based on modern epistemology as inaugurated by René Descartes . For Patočka , Husserl does not offer a finished philosophy but rather provides the best possible philosophical attempt so far at answering the question of evidence inherited from modern epistemology . I argue that certain concerns that are present in his PhD dissertation never leave Patočka ’s thinking. In Patočka ’s view, we need to rethink phenomenology, not abandon it.
Details
- Title
- Jan Patočka: From the Concept of Evidence to the Natural World and Beyond
- Authors/Creators
- L. Učník (Author/Creator) - Murdoch University
- Contributors
- L. Učník (Editor) - Murdoch UniversityA. Williams (Editor)I. Chvatík (Editor)
- Publication Details
- The Phenomenological Critique of Mathematisation and the Question of Responsibility, Vol.76, pp.31-42
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Identifiers
- 991005540237407891
- Copyright
- 2015 Springer International Publishing Switzerland
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Arts
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Additional Information
- Series Title: Contributions To Phenomenology. ISSN: 0923-9545; Vol. 76
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