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Husserl's theory of language as calculus ratiocinator

Marina Paola Banchetti-Robino

pp. 303-321

Abstract

This paper defends an interpretation of Husserl's theory of language, specifically as it appears in the Logical Investigations, as an example of a larger body of theories dubbed 'language as calculus'. Although this particular interpretation has been previously defended by other authors, such as Hintikka and Kusch, this paper proposes to contribute to the discussion by arguing that what makes this interpretation plausible are Husserl's distinction between the notions of meaning-intention and meaning-fulfillment, his view that meaning is instantiated through meaning-intending acts of transcendental consciousness, and his view that the content of meaning-intending acts is ideal meaning simpliciter. As well, the paper argues that the phenomenological method of reduction itself presupposes the notion that reality as such can be reached by subtracting the influence of the language of the natural attitude and its ontological commitments and it, thus, presupposes the conception of language as a reinterpretable calculus.

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(1997) Synthese 112 (3).

Pages: 303-321

DOI: 10.1023/A:1004944525177

Full citation:

Banchetti-Robino Marina Paola (1997) „Husserl's theory of language as calculus ratiocinator“. Synthese 112 (3), 303–321.