Concurrences between Husserl's conception of the essence and Duns Scotus' theory of the common nature

Jacek Surzyn

pp. 171-182

in: The passions of the soul in the metamorphosis of becoming, Berlin, Springer, 2003

Abstract

In our natural attitude we are absorbed in physical objects and events and in their general features, such as their color and shape. General features of individual, physical objects, Husserl called essence, in his early work the Logical Investigations he used term "species', in the later Ideas for a pure phenomenology and phenomenological philosophy the term "Wesen' or "eidos.'¹ To explain the very complicated question of what Husserl understands as essence, it is necessary to present the origin and a general thesis of phenomenology.

Cited authors

Husserl Edmund

Scotus Duns