Abstract

CABRERA, CELIA. A Priori Intersubjectivity and Empathy. Ideas y Valores [online]. 2013, vol.62, n.152, pp.71-93. ISSN 0120-0062.

ABSTRACT Convinced that studies on intersubjectivity in Husserl should depart from the Cartesian path, D. Zahavi proposes going "beyond empathy" and focusing on the Husserlian concept of "constitution". In order to demonstrate that the intersubjective dimension does not depend on the encounter with another subject but is rather an a priori component of subjectivity, Zahavi clarifies the dependency of horizonintentionality on transcendental intersubjectivity. The paper analyzes how it is possible to establish such a dependency and evaluates the general viability of the attempt to go "beyond empathy" in the phenomenological study of alterity.

Keywords : E. Husserl; D. Zahavi; empathy; intersubjectivity; phenomenology.

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