About Me

I am a PhD student in Philosophy at Peking University, now staying at Universität zu Köln, Germany. My interests are primarily in Philosophy of Mind, Epistemology and Analytic Phenomenology. Now I am working on my Dissertation: Method, Intentionality, and Knowledge--An essay in analytic phenomenology. --------- I also have substantial interest in Early Modern Philosophy, Political Philosophy and Ethics.

Friday, October 10, 2008

Analysis Phenomenological Style

DEFINITION OF DIFFERENT CONCEPTS OF PROPERTY: Ein unmittelbares Stück des Ganzen unterscheidet sich in der Weise der Explikation vom unmittelbaren unselbständigen Moment, und letzteres ist immer und notwendig „Eigenschaft“. Wir können Eigenschaft auch definieren als unmittelbares unselbständiges Moment eines Ganzen, oder als einen unmittelbaren Teil eines Ganzen, der neben sich im Ganzen keine unmittelbaren Teile hat, mit denen er „verbunden“ wäre.

COMMENT: I think this is how an analysis of Concepts and Phenomena is made through Phenomenological Description of the Gegebenheitsweise. Phenomenological analysis, in this sense, is to describe complex phenomena in simpler phenomena, as they present to consciousness. Of course this is not analysis by exact definition in terms of simpler concepts; nevertheless an exact definition of different concepts and phenomena is often the result. Different conceptions of Property are not only distinguished here, the definitions are also offered at the end, what is more, the whole process of Phenomenological Demonstration is Intuitively in order. His system can be formalized if you like, but this only involves part of the power it has. See, Kit Fine, Gilbert Null, Barry Smith, Peter Simons

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