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VICTOR MOLCHANOV
“THE PHENOMENON OF SPACE AND THE ORIGIN OF TIME”
Moscow: Academic Project, 2015. ISBN: 978-5-8291-1752-8

Abstract
In this review, I emphasize and analyze the main outcomes of the philosophical investigation presented in Victor Molchanov’s book. I state that Molchanov’s interpretation of Kant’s theoretical philosophy, which is based on the so-called “model of production” as well as his reconstruction of F. Brentano’s thought, could be very fruitful for the contemporary understanding of the essence and the limits of phenomenological research. I think that the phenomenal primacy of differences over identities and the methodological primacy of analysis over interpretation in phenomenology defended in this text are authentic theses that could renew the phenomenological way of thinking. The thesis of the primacy of space-experience over time-consciousness and the genesis of such consciousness as a kind of fiction from the space-experience is contentious, but could also be productive for the understanding of phenomena and the phenomenal world. The conceptions of the primordial body-judgments and space as condition of historicity are of great interest and well-reasoned applications of the main theoretical thesis of the primacy of space-experience over time-consciousness. Finally, I conclude that the author of the book formulates an original version of phenomenological philosophy. We could characterize this type of phenomenology as an “analytical phenomenology.” I am sure this version should be detailed and developed in the future investigations by the book’s author and his followers.

Key words
Experience, difference, space, phenomenology, judgment, historicity, Victor Molchanov.

References

• Molchanov V. (2015). Fenomen prostranstva i proishozhdenie vremeni [The Phenomenon of Space and the Genesis of Time]. Moscow: Akademicheskij Proekt. (in Russian).

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ON SOME MODERN INVESTIGATIONS ON THE WORKS OF V. SESEMANN OUTSIDE OF RUSSIA

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The growing number of studies outside of Russia of the work of the Russian philosopher Vasily Emilevich Sesemann, who was undeservedly forgotten in his homeland, gives rise to the need to clarify some important points that somehow manifest themselves in assessing the nature of this work. Two main ideas are substantiated in the article: firstly, that V. E. Sesemann was always a Russian philosopher and, secondly, a philosopher of original and independent, despite strong influences from the intuitivism of N. Lossky, the Neo-Kantianism of H. Cohen and P. Natorp, the phenomenology of E. Husserl and the new ontology of N. Hartmann. In his work, Sesemann sought to develop a modern version of classical Platonism and Neo-Platonism, which is characteristic of the so-called Solovyovian school of Russian religious philosophy, but enriched and critically rethought through the achievements of the most influential philosophical trends of the day. The author justifies these statements in a discussion with the most significant works of Western researchers of the Russian philosopher’s work, among which are two monographs by T. Botz-Bornstein and D. Jonkus, respectively, in English and Lithuanian. It is also emphasized that the ambiguity and inaccuracy of the interpretation of the position of Sesemann in relation to the phenomenon of intuition on the part of the latter researchers is due to the fact that his theory of knowledge is not a self-sufficient sphere, but is built into the overall process of human perfection. And, although most of Sesemann’s works are devoted to the theory of knowledge and aesthetics, the main feature of his thinking was systematic. On the original image of the interpreted theory of knowledge is built the entire building of his philosophy: ontology, ethics, aesthetics, philosophy of religion and culture.

Key words
Sesemann, Russian philosopher, neo-Kantianism, intuition, phenomenology, theory of knowledge, system of philosophy.

References

• Anilionytė, L., & Lozuraitis, A. (2000). The Life of Vosylius Sezemanas and His Critical Realism. In J. Baranova (Ed.), Lithuanian Philosophy: Personas and Ideas (187 -200). Washington: Council for Research in Values & Philosophy.
• Belov, V. (2015). Yavlyaetsya li German Kogen neokantiantsem? [Is Herman Cohen a Neo-Kantian?]. Kantovskii sbornik, 3 (53), 38–45. (in Russian).
• Botz-Bornstein, T. (2006). Vasily Sesemann Experience, Formalism and the Question of Being. Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi.
• Dmitrieva, N. (2007). Russkoe neokantianstvo: “Marburg” v Rossii. Istoriko-filosofskie ocherki [Russian Neo-Kantianism: “Marburg” in Russia. Historical and Philosophical Essays]. Moscow: ROSSPEN (in Russian).
• Donskis, L. (2007). Editor’s Introduction: Mapping Inter-War Lithuanian Philosophy. In V. Sesemann, Aeshetics (XI — XXVI). Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi.
• Ferrari, М. (2002). Ist Cassirer methodisch gesehen ein Neukantianer? In D. Pätzold & C. Krijnen (Eds.), Der Neukantianismus und das Erbe des deutschen Idealismus: Die philosophische Methode (103–122). Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann.
• Hartmann, N. (1958). Zu Wilhelm Sesemann. 1933. In N. Hartmann, Kleinere Schriften. Band III. Vom Neukantianismus zur Ontologie (368–374). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter.
• Jonkus, D. (2015). Vosyliaus Sezemano filosofija: savees pazxinimo ir estetinexs patirties fenomenologija [The Philosophy of Vasily Sesemann: A Phenomenology of Self-Awareness and Aesthetic Experience]. Vilnius: Versus Aureus. (in Lithuanian).
• Jonkus, D. (2017). Filosofiya Vasiliya Sezenama: neokantianstvo, intuitivizm, fenomenologiya [The Philosophy of Vasily Sesemann: Neo-Kantianism, Intuitivism and Phenomenology]. Horizon. Studies in Phenomenology, 6 (1), 79–96. (in Russian).
• Konizkiyi, A. (1995). Vasilii Seseman [Vasily Sezemann]. Vil’nyus, 4, 123–130. (in Russian).
• Losski, N. (1929). Die intellektuelle Anschauung als Methode der Philosophie. Der Russische Gedanke. Internationale Zeitschrift fur russische Philosophie, Literturwissenschaft und Kultur, 1, 4–17.
• Sezeman, V. (1932). Die logischen Gesetze und das Sein: a) Die logischen Gesetze im Verhältnis zum subjektbezogenen und psychischen Sein. b) Die logischen Gesetze und das daseinsautonome Sein. Eranus, 2, 59–230.
• Sezemanas, V. (1987). Raštai. Gnoseologija [Works. Epistemology]. Vilnius: Mintis. (in Lithuanian).
• Sezemanas, V. (1997). Raštai. Filosofijos istorija. Kultūra [Works. Philosophy of History. Culture]. Vilnius: Mintis. (in Lithuanian).
• Sezeman, V. (2011). Real’naya ustanovka i «chistoe» (bezustanovochnoe) znanie (iz rukopisnogo naslediya) [The Real Attitude and the “Pure” (Attitudeless) Knowledge. From the Manuscript Heritage]. Kantovskii sbornik, 2 (36), 83–89. (in Russian).
• Sezeman, V. (2012). Problema idealizma v filosofii [Problems of Idealism in Philosophy]. Voprosy filosofii, 4, 127–134. (in Russian).
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SHIGERU TAGUCHI
“THE PROBLEM OF ‘PRIMAL-I’ IN EDMUND HUSSERL. THE QUESTION OF THE SELF-EVIDENT ‘NEARBY’ OF THE SELF”
Springer, 2006. ISBN 10: 1402048548 / ISBN 13: 9781402048548

Abstract
The review considers the main ideas of the book, pointing out the most significant moments related to the author’s thoughts on the Uhr-Ich concept in Husserl’s later phenomenology. The focus of the review is on how exactly the author brings the Uhr-Ich notion to phenomenological clarity as well as what the notion means in the capacity of “a self-evident proximity” of one’s own self.

Key words
Phenomenology, transcendentalism, apodictic evidence, thematization, intentional modification.

References

• Husserl, E. (1952). Ideen zu einer reinen Phänomenologie und Phänomenologischen Philosophie. Dritter Buch: Die Phänomenologie und die Fundamente der Wissenschaften (Hua V). Den Haag: Martinus Nijhoff.
• Husserl, E. (1956). Theorie der phänomenologischen Philosophie. Erste Philosophie (1923 — 1924). Zweiter Teil: Theorie der phänomenologischen Reduktion (Hua VIII). Den Haag: Martinus Nijhoff.
• Husserl, E. (1973a). Zur Phänomenologie der Intersubjektivität. Texte aus dem Nachlass. Zweiter Teil: 1921–1928 (Hua XIV). Den Haag: Martinus Nijhoff.
• Husserl, E. (1973b). Zur Phänomenologie der Intersubjektivität. Texte aus dem Nachlass. Dritter Teil: 1929–1935 (Hua XV). Den Haag: Martinus Nijhoff.
• Husserl, E. (1984). Logische Untersuchungen. Zweiter Band: Untersuchungen zur Phänomenologie und Theorie der Erkenntnis (Hua XIX/1). Den Haag: Martinus Nijhoff.
• Taguchi, S. (2006). Das Problem des „Ur-Ich“ bei Edmund Husserl. Netherlands: Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
• Borisov, E. (1999). Problema intersub’ektivnosti v fenomenologii E. Gusserlja [The Problem of Intersubjectivity in Fenomenology of E. Husserl]. Logos, 1(11), 65-83. (in Russian).
• Chernjakov, A. (2001). Ontologija vremeni. Bytie i vremja v filosofii Aristotelja, Gusserlja i Hajdeggera [Onthology of Time. Being and Time in Philosophy of Aristotel, Husserl and Heidegger]. St. Petersburg: Vysshaja religiozno-filosofskaja shkola. (in Russian).

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EUGEN FINK
“PLAY AS SYMBOL OF THE WORLD AND OTHER WRITINGS”
Translated with an introduction by I. A. Moore and Ch. Turner, Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2016. ISBN-0-253-02105-2

Abstract
The main ideas of Eugen Fink’s book Play as Symbol of the World and Other Writings are discussed in the review and the most significant thoughts of the German philosopher on the problems of ontology of play are highlighted. O. Fink has managed to give a new solution to the ontological problems of play, as one of the basic phenomena of human existence, to uncover its previously unknown aspects and to show its dual nature and worldliness. In general, O. Fink’s analysis of play shows the productivity of the phenomenological investigations in new areas of research.

Key words
Play, consciousness, image, phenomenological analysis, symbol, ontology, being in the world, openness to the world.

References

• Fink, E. (2010). Spiel als Weltsymbol (GA 7). Freiburg, München: Verlag Karl Alber.
• Fink, E. (2016). Play as a Symbol of the World and Other Writings. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
• Elden, S. (2016). Eugen Fink, Play as Symbol of the World and Other Writings [Review of the book Play as Symbol of the World and Other Writings, by E. Fink]. Retrieved from http://ndpr.nd.edu/news/play-as-symbol-of-the-world-and-other-writings/
• Loht, S. (2016). Play as Symbol of the World [Review of the book Play as Symbol of the World and Other Writings, by E. Fink]. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.19079/pr.2016.11.loh

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REPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE “PHENOMENOLOGY AND AESTHETICS. THE 3RD CONFERENCE ON TRADITIONS AND PERSPECTIVES OF THE PHENOMENOLOGICAL MOVEMENT IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE”
(June 29 – July 1, 2017, Riga, Latvia)

Abstract
The report presents an overview of the international conference Phenomenology and Aesthetics. The 3rd Conference on Traditions and Perspectives of the Phenomenological Movement in Central and Eastern Europe, which took place from June 29 to July 1, 2017, at the University of Latvia in Riga, Latvia. The report briefly outlines the aim, history, and future plans of the conference series dedicated to the traditions and perspectives of the phenomenological movement in Central and Eastern Europe, provides information about the aim and structure of the conference, and gives short summaries of the keynote lectures.

Key words
Phenomenological movement, phenomenology in Central and Eastern Europe, aesthetics, philosophy of art, imagination, embodiment.

References

• Artemenko, N. (Ed.). (2016). Traditions and Perspectives of the Phenomenological Movement in Central and Eastern Europe. Horizon. Studies in Phenomenology, 5 (1).
• Buźniak, J. (2017). International Conference “Phenomenology and Practice: The 2nd Conference on Traditions and Perspectives of the Phenomenological Movement in Central and Eastern Europe” (September 8−10, 2016, Gdańsk, Poland). Horizon. Studies in Phenomenology, 6 (1), 235−240.
• Płotka, W. (2016a). Introduction: Traditions and Perspectives of the Phenomenological Movement in Central and Eastern Europe. Horizon. Studies in Phenomenology, 5 (1), 10−15.
• Płotka, W. (2016b). Report on the International Conference “Horizons beyond Borders. Traditions and Perspectives of the Phenomenological Movement in Central and Eastern Europe” (June 17−19, 2015, Budapest, Hungary). Horizon. Studies in Phenomenology, 5 (1), 299−304.