Abstract

TAMINA KATZ, Azul. Genesis and Evolution of the Concept of Phantasy in Husserl’s Phenomenology. Tópicos (México) [online]. 2023, n.66, pp.119-151.  Epub June 19, 2023. ISSN 0188-6649.  https://doi.org/10.21555/top.v660.2146.

This paper seeks to restore the questions that led Husserl to capture the morphological essence of phantasy and its modalities and to fix each of its essential features. Despite the early stabilization of the definition of phantasy as a type of intuitive, simple and non-positional presentification, the literature on the subject is still opaque regarding the way in which this type of experience is constituted in internal consciousness and in relation to the criteria that allow to distinguish it from other more or less close phenomena, such as perception, memory, image-consciousness or imagination, among others. Establishing the genesis and evolution of this concept will enable not only to clarify these opacities, but also to shed light on those other spheres of experience in which phantasy plays a substantial role, such as the intuition of essences, empathy, or aesthetic contemplation.

Keywords : Husserl; pure phantasy; perception; imagination; memory.