A Brief Analysis of the Concepts of Perception and Intuition in the V and VI Logical Investigations (First Edition) by E. Husserl

Abstract

Husserl's perspective on his Logical Investigations was to regard them as a starting point, an exploration into new paths and perspectives, stemming from an initial inquiry into pure mathematics that evolved into an investigation of consciousness. Published in 1900 and 1901 (and reissued in 1913), these volumes delve into various themes and issues within the realms of logic, epistemology, and ontology. The methodology employed therein is unique: a return to the endowment of meaning in consciousness, coupled with a meticulous, one might say exhaustive, exploration. The primary aim of this essay is to present and analyze two key concepts within these investigations: the concepts of intuition and perception, approached from their initial formulation, that is, as articulated by Husserl in that first edition, specifically in what is established in the fifth and sixth investigations.