Leopold Blaustein's critique of Husserl's early theory of intentional act, object and content

Marek Pokropski

pp. 93-103

in: Dermot Moran, Rodney K. B. Parker (eds), Early phenomenology, Studia Phaenomenologica 15, 2015.

Abstract

The aim of this article is to introduce the work of Leopold Blaustein—philosopher and psychologist, who studied under Kazimierz Twardowski in Lvov and under Husserl in Freiburg im Breisgau. In his short academic career Blaustein developed an original philosophy that drew upon both phenomenology and Twardowski’s analytical approach. One of his main publications concerns Husserl’s early theory of intentional act and object, introduced in Logische Untersuchungen. In the first part of the article I briefly present Blaustein’s biography and some general features of his philosophy. The second part provides an overview of Blaustein’s dissertation concerning Husserl’s early phenomenology. In the third and fi nal part I summarize Blaustein’s research, including the critical remarks of Roman Ingarden.

Cited authors

Husserl Edmund

Twardowski Kazimierz

Blaustein Leopold