Kant, Husserl and Berkeleyan Idealism

• Thesis title in Czech: Kant, Husserl a Berkeleyovský idealismus
• Thesis title in English: Kant, Husserl and Berkeleyan Idealism
• Key words: Kant|Husserl|Berkeley|materiální idealismus|Berkeleyovský idealismus|transcendentální idealismus|fenomenologický idealismus
• English key words: Kant|Husserl|Berkeley|material idealism|Berkeleyan idealism|transcendental idealism|phenomenological idealism
• Academic year of topic announcement: 2020/2021
• Thesis type: Bachelor's thesis
• Thesis language: angličtina
• Department: Institute of Philosophy and Religious Studies (21-UFAR)
• Supervisor: Daniele De Santis, Dott. Ric.
• Author: hidden - assigned and confirmed by the Study Dept.
• Date of registration: 05.05.2021
• Date of assignment: 05.05.2021
• Administrator's approval: not processed yet
• Confirmed by Study dept. on: 11.05.2021
• Date and time of defence: 08.02.2022 09:00
• Date of electronic submission: 05.12.2021
• Date of proceeded defence: 08.02.2022
• Submitted/finalized: committed by student and finalized
• Opponents: Dr. phil. habil. Jindřich Karásek, Dr.

Guidelines

The general topic of this thesis is the ontological orientation of the idealistic doctrines of Kant and Husserl. Its objective is to demonstrate that, despite their adamant claims to the contrary, both Kant as well as Husserl are unequivocally Berkeleyan or, in other words, material idealists, and that the arguments they present in defense against this interpretation are either untenable or irrelevant with regard to the ontological orientation of their idealism.

References

Primární literatura:
Husserl, Edmund. Analysen zur passiven Synthesis: Aus Vorlesungs- und Forschungsmanuskripten 1918-1926. Hua XI. Den Haag: M. Nijhoff, 1966.

Husserl, Edmund. Cartesianische Meditationen und Pariser Vorträge (= CM). Hua I. Den Haag: M. Nijhoff, 1950.

Husserl, Edmund. Erste Philosophie I (1923-24): Kritische Ideengeschichte. Hua VII. Den Haag: M. Nijhoff, 1956.

Husserl, Edmund. Ideen zu einer reinen Phänomenologie und phänomenologischen Philosophie. Erstes Buch. Hua III/1. Den Haag: M. Nijhoff, 1976.

Husserl, Edmund. Krisis der europäischen Wissenschaften und die transzendentale Phänomenologie. Hua VI. Den Haag: M. Nijhoff, 1954.

Husserl, Edmund. “Nachwort”, in: Ideen zu einer reinen Phänomenologie und phänomenologischen Philosophie. Drittes Buch. Hua V. Den Haag: M. Nijhoff, 1952.

Husserl, Edmund. Transzendentaler Idealismus: Texte aus dem Nachlass (1908 – 1921). Hua XXXVI. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003.

Kant, Immanel. Briefwechsel II (1789-1794). AA XI. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1900.

Kant, Immanuel. Kritik der reinen Vernunft (= KrV). Hamburg: Felix Meiner, 1998.

Kant, Immanuel. Prolegomena zu einer jeden künftigen Metaphysik (= Prolegomena). Hamburg: Felix Meiner, 2001.

Sekundární literatura:
Beiser, Frederick Charles. German Idealism: The Struggle against Subjectivism 1781-1801. Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England: Harvard University Press, 2002.

Kern, Iso. Husserl und Kant: Eine Untersuchung über Husserls Verhältnis zu Kant und zum Neukantianismus. Den Haag: M. Nijhoff, 1964.

Malherbe, Michel. “Husserl Critique de Berkeley”, in: Revue Philosophique de la France et de
l’Étranger, No. 3, BERKELEY (JUILLET – SEPTEMBRE 1986), pp. 355–366.

Mohanty, Jitendra Nath. “The Development of Husserl’s Thought”, in: The Cambridge Companion to Husserl. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Pollok, Konstantin. “Die Göttinger Rezension”, in: Kant, Immanuel. Prolegomena zu einer jeden künftigen Metaphysik. Hamburg: Felix Meiner, 2001.

Philipse, Herman. “Transcendental Idealism”, in: The Cambridge Companion to Husserl. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Smith, Norman Kemp. “Kant’s Relation to Berkeley”, in: A Commentary on Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason. London: Macmillan, 1918, pp. 155-161.