Husserl’s theory of noematic sense

Abstract

After Husserl’s transcendental turn and the discovery of the c tion between consciousness and the world the concept of the noema becomes one of the constant leitmotifs of Husserl’s philosophy. My paper will be devoted to the clarification of this concept and its implications for Husserl’s theory of sense. The leading question will be: How can the noema play the role of both the sense and the objective correlate of the intentional act? I will start with presenting the problematic of sense in Husserl’s phenomenology from the Logical Investigations to the Ideas I. The central part of my paper will be devoted to the influential debate regarding the interpretation of the noema. Finally, I intend to point out the most important ways in which the notion of the noema becomes enriched in later Husserl’s philosophy, as well as the difference between linguisitic and non-linguistic sense, based on the Analyses Concerning Passive and Active Synthesis. I hope to show that Husserl’s phenomenological theory of sense offers a valuable alternative to the exclusively language-oriented theories of sense.

Nakon transcendentalnog obrta i otkrića korelacije između svesti i sveta (Ideje za čistu fenomenologiju i fenomenološku filozofiju) pojam noeme postaje jedan od stalnih motiva Huserlove filozofje. Moj rad će se baviti razjašnjenjem ovog pojma i implikacijama koje on ima za Huserlovu teoriju smisla. Vodeće pitanje će biti: zašto Huserl shvata noemu istovremeno kao smisao i kao objektivni korelat intencionalnog akta? Najpre ću predstaviti problematiku smisla u Huserlovoj fenomenologiji od Logičkih istraživanja do Ideja I. Centralni deo rada biće posvećen uticajnoj debati o interpretaciji noeme. Nakon toga ću istaći najvažnije momente Huserlovog kasnijeg shvatanja noeme, kao i razlike između jezičkog i nejezičkog smisla, pre svega u Predavanjima o pasivnoj i aktivnoj sintezi. Na taj način nameravam da pokažem da Huserlova fenomenološka teorija smisla predstavlja vrednu alternativu isključivo jezički orijentisanim teorijama smisla.