"Metaphysische Ergebnisse" : Phenomenology and Metaphysics in Edmund Husserl's Cartesianische Meditationen (§60). Attempt at Commentary
Abstract
The main goal of the present paper is to offer a preliminary study of the relations between phenomenology and metaphysics in Husserl. After a brief presentation of what Husserl means by the term "metaphysics", the rest of our research will consist of a detailed commentary on §60 of the Cartesian Meditations.
Our aim is to explain in what sense, according to Husserl, the "outcomes" of the phenomenological constitution of monadological intersubjectivity entail the solution to a traditional metaphysical problem, i.e., that of the existence of just one real world. The present investigation does not pretend to be more than an introduction.
Besides shedding some light on a specific text, it will pave the way for a future inquiry into the relations between phenomenology and metaphysics in Husserl.