Knowing, Valuing, and Further Reflections on Inquiry and Method
摘要
This chapter turns to Husserl’s understanding of the relationship of cognizing and valuing, investigating especially how inquiry appears therein. Along with raising the question of the judgment of value, I pay special attention to Husserl’s analysis of the question of the will, in which there is a deliberation about the best possible choice and what should be done. I also bring to the fore the intelligible relation of motives, in what Husserl identifies as the “Why” and “Because.” By inquiring into these relations, the phenomenologist can understand the lawfulness to reasons why. Finally, I make clear a few senses of method and normativity in Husserl’s thought, especially as these illuminate how methods relate to each other. Indeed, from these points, an understanding of phenomenological ethics as a practical science emerges, insofar as it makes clear which actions should be done and why.