Intersubjective constitution in retention

pp. 105-127

in: Lanei Rodemeyer, Intersubjective temporality, Berlin, Springer, 2006

Abstract

In chapter four, we turned to Husserl's discussions of association, habitualization, and apperception in order to explain the function of far retention. By doing so, we already entered into a discussion of passive genesis. Here we will return to the notion of apperception (and, implicitly, appresentation) as our guide to understanding passive genesis, not only because it is a notion with which we are already familiar, but also because Husserl himself says essentially that an understanding of the genesis of consciousness requires an understanding of apperception: