Jeff Mitscherling 
Aesthetic Genesis [EPUB ebook] 
The Origin of Consciousness in the Intentional Being of Nature

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In Aesthetic Genesis, the author argues for a reversal of the most fundamental tenet of phenomenology-namely, that all consciousness is intentional (that is, directed toward an object). Mitscherling suggests, as a new ‘Copernican hypothesis, ‘ that intentionality (i.e., directionality) gives rise to consciousness. This book describes not only the origin, or ‘genesis, ‘ of human cognition in sensation, but also the genesis of sensation from intentional structures belonging to nature itself. A phenomenological examination of our experience leads to the conclusion that the two sorts of being generally recognized by contemporary science and philosophy-that is, material being and ideal being-prove ontologically inadequate to account for this experience. Mitscherling rehabilitates the pre-modern concepts of ‘intentional being’ and ‘formal causality’ and employs them in the construction of a comprehensive phenomenological analysis of embodiment, aesthetic experience, the interpretation of texts, moral behavior, and cognition in general.

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● ISBN 9780761850229 ● Publisher UPA ● Published 2009 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 6488061 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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