Conclusion
The alternative — that reflection leaves the pre-reflexive intact — is self-defeating, since such reflection would be superfluous.
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The alternative — that reflection leaves the pre-reflexive intact — is self-defeating, since such reflection would be superfluous.
⟨ ⟩Argument from Negative Consequences
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- Husserl's own pure/empirical-Ego distinction concedes that the transcendental Ego splits into objectified and not-objectified.Evidence for this premise (3)How to return to subjectivity? Natorp, Husserl, and Lacan on the limits of reflection — Natorp and Husserl Reconsidered: The Split Within Reflectionpsychology which seeks to convince itself that it is not psychology.https://doi.org/10.1177/0959354315611263How to return to subjectivity? Natorp, Husserl, and Lacan on the limits of reflection — Natorp and Husserl Reconsidered: The Split Within Reflectionpsychology which seeks to convince itself that it is not psychology.https://doi.org/10.1177/0959354315611263#unit-6-p1How to return to subjectivity? Natorp, Husserl, and Lacan on the limits of reflection — Natorp and Husserl Reconsidered: The Split Within Reflectionscience of all sciences.https://doi.org/10.1177/0959354315611263#unit-6-p4
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