Natorp: reflection (and every subjective act) objectifies, so the subject as such eludes it.

Natorp: reflection (and every subjective act) objectifies, so the subject as such eludes it.

• The proposed instrument for this is reflection.
• Whatever can be made an object of reflection is thereby not the subject.
  Evidence for this premise (1)

  How to return to subjectivity? Natorp, Husserl, and Lacan on the limits of reflection — Natorp: Subjectivity Eludes Reflection

  everything else can be made into an object (Gegenstand) of reflection, the subject as such eludes this reflection

  https://doi.org/10.1177/0959354315611263
• Subjective life as such is objectifying, not only when it issues in scientific knowledge.
  Evidence for this premise (1)

  How to return to subjectivity? Natorp, Husserl, and Lacan on the limits of reflection — Natorp: Subjectivity Eludes Reflection

  subjective life as such is objectifying, whether it leads towards objective knowledge or not

  https://doi.org/10.1177/0959354315611263
• The subject "as such" cannot be its own object (nicht sich selber Gegenstand sein).
  Evidence for this premise (1)

  How to return to subjectivity? Natorp, Husserl, and Lacan on the limits of reflection — Natorp: Subjectivity Eludes Reflection

  nicht sich selber Gegenstand sein

  https://doi.org/10.1177/0959354315611263

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• Is the context one where this definition appropriately applies?Open
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• Is the definition stipulative, lexical, or precising?Open
• Does a really have all the properties F₁, F₂, ... Fₙ listed?Open
• Are the defining properties necessary for G?Open
• Are the defining properties F₁, F₂, ... Fₙ sufficient for G?Open

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