Conclusion

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Therefore reflection structurally splits the subject (subject of reflection / reflected subject); reconstruction objectifies too, so no method escapes.

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Therefore reflection structurally splits the subject (subject of reflection / reflected subject); reconstruction objectifies too, so no method escapes.

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Premises (3)

  • The alternative — that reflection leaves the pre-reflexive intact — is self-defeating, since such reflection would be superfluous.
  • Therefore self-fission is structural; reconstruction (Natorp's exit) also objectifies (Heidegger).
  • Option B: reflection splits the subject-pole — confirmed by Husserl's "anonymous" ego.

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Rebuton the ConclusionEffective

Reflection leaves the pre-reflexive Ego intact: it is a consummation or disclosing intensification of what is already lived, not a falsifying mirror, so no structural split follows from reflective self-givenness.

Undercuton the InferenceEffective

Natorp's reconstruction is itself a form of objectivating construction, so it falls to the very critique Natorp leveled at reflective phenomenology; no method escapes objectification.

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  • Is the property F genuinely causally or evidentially connected to property G?Open
  • Are there other relevant examples that would support a different conclusion?Open
  • Is the example cited representative of the population?Open
  • Are there relevant differences between the cited example and the case to which the conclusion is being applied?Open
  • Is the number of examples sufficient to support the generalization?Open

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