Transcendentalism and ontology in Paul Ricoeur's hermeneutic phenomenology

Phenomenology has been interpreted as being fundamentally transcendental, as well as, fundamentally ontological. However, these claims are often interpreted as being incompatible. The incompatibility finds its expression in the notion of the paradox of the reduction of intentional analysis. This paper looks at the work of Paul Ricoeur in order to assess whether he has been able to accommodate this paradox, and thus, whether he has been able to manage the tension between transcendentalism and ontology. This assessment includes both his account of methodological idealism and his account of hermeneutic phenomenology. It will be my conclusion that he has been unsuccessful in overcoming the possibility of an inherent incompatibility between the aims of transcendentalism and the aims of ontology within phenomenology.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts (M.A.)

Level thesis:degree_level

Master's

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Philosophy

Grantor dc:publisher

Carleton University

Year dc:date.issued

1982

Author dc:creator

• Gougeon, Robert

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright © 1982 the author(s). Theses may be used for non-commercial research, educational, or related academic purposes only. Such uses include personal study, research, scholarship, and teaching. Theses may only be shared by linking to Carleton University Institutional Repository and no part may be used without proper attribution to the author. No part may be used for commercial purposes directly or indirectly via a for-profit platform; no adaptation or derivative works are permitted without consent from the copyright owner.

Language dc:language.iso

en

DOI

10.22215/etd/1982-13010

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:carleton.scholaris.ca:20.500.14718/29628