Epistemic function of habitualities: elements of phenomenology of fallible cognition

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https://doi.org/10.18778/1689-4286.31.05

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habituality, fallible knowledge, situatedness, horizon, Husserl

Abstract

The article analyses the phenomenon of fallible knowledge as knowledge constituted in inadequate way of givenness. The key concept in this context is habituality, i.e., passive structure of consciousness that co-constitutes the object of cognition. It is argued that habitual moment of consciousness contextualizes cognition of unknown objects by presenting them as typical for a subject in a certain cognitive relation. One can describe this phenomenon by referring to the broad notion of horizon. As the author claims, phenomenology of fallible knowledge presents human cognition as defined by horizons, so as essentially “open.” The descriptions enables one to understand phenomena of cognitive situatedness of a subject and of embodied exploration of the world by the lived body.

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2015-12-30

How to Cite

Płotka, W. (2015). Epistemic function of habitualities: elements of phenomenology of fallible cognition. Hybris, 31(4), 58–76. https://doi.org/10.18778/1689-4286.31.05

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