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Roman Ingardenâs Philosophy of Literature
A Phenomenological Account
Series: - Value Inquiry Book Series, Volume: 313
- Value Inquiry Book Series Online, Volume: 313
- Philosophy, Literature, and Politics, Volume: 313
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In Roman Ingardenâs Philosophy of Literature Wojciech Chojna discusses Ingardenâs theory of literary works and develops a phenomenological account of identity which accommodates differences in interpretations and value judgments without succumbing to relativism. The latter is overcome not through falling back on essentialism but from within relativism.
Literature offers us diverse experiences changing our perceptions of ourselves and the worlds we live in. Absolutism proclaiming unmitigated access to the meaning of literary texts is intolerant of differences and leads to violence in life. Conversely, relativism, in the illusory spirit of radical tolerance, turns meanings and values into historically contingent, incompatible interpretations, where communication and reconciliation is impossible, thus justifying ideological conflicts and violence.
Literature offers us diverse experiences changing our perceptions of ourselves and the worlds we live in. Absolutism proclaiming unmitigated access to the meaning of literary texts is intolerant of differences and leads to violence in life. Conversely, relativism, in the illusory spirit of radical tolerance, turns meanings and values into historically contingent, incompatible interpretations, where communication and reconciliation is impossible, thus justifying ideological conflicts and violence.
Wojciech Chojna, Ph.D. (1992), Temple University, Professor, Pasco-Hernando State College, USA; published articles and translations on aesthetics and philosophy, including âPhenomenological Redescription of Violenceâ in Justice, Law and Violence (Temple University Press, 1991), âPhilosophy and the Modern Worldâ in the Kwartalnik Filozoficzny (2006, translation).
Preface
Introduction
âIngardenâs Relevance Today
1 Introduction to the Concept of Identity
âSome Traditional Approaches
âIngardenâs General Ontology
2 Nature and Identity of a Literary Work in American Aesthetics
âNelson Goodmanâs Syntactical Identity
âRichard Wolheimâs Amendment
âPsychologism
âSemantic Accounts
âJoseph Margolisâs Culturally Emergent Objects
3 Phenomenological Concept of Identity
âIdentity of a Perceptual Object
âThe Concept of Intentionality
âThe Concept of Constitution
âIdeality and Identity of the Objectivities of Understanding
âHusserlâs Theory of Meaning
âIngardenâs Objections to Husserlâs Transcendental Idealism
âHermeneutic Challenges against the Possibility of Transcendental Phenomenology
4 Literary Work as a Schematic Structure
âThe Notion of a âPurely Intentional Objectâ
âSchematism
âStructure of a Literary Work of Art
âThe Stratum of Linguistic Sound Formations
âThe Stratum of Meanings
âMeanings of Sentences
âThe Stratum of Presented Objects
âThe Stratum of Schematized Aspects
âObjections to Ingardenâs Conception of the Four Strata of Literary Work
âThe Order of Sequence of Parts
âQuasi-judgments
5 Aesthetic Experience and Life of a Literary Work of Art
âAesthetic Experience
âProblems Pertaining to Aesthetic Experience
âPre-aesthetic Cognition of a Literary Work of Art
âCognition of an Aesthetic Object
âThe Work and Its Concretizations
ââLifeâ of a Literary Work of Art
6 Values of Literary Work of Art
âArtistic and Aesthetic Values
âThe Stratum of Sounds and Its Function in the Constitution of Aesthetic Qualities
âThe Stratum of Meanings and Its Function in the Constitution of Aesthetic Qualities
âDe Gustibus Non Est Disputandum
âMetaphysical Qualities
âPoetry as a Means of Cognition
7 The Identity of a Literary Work of Art
âIdentity of Sounds
âIdentity of Meanings
âDialectics of Identity
âSubjectivism, Relativism and Identity
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index
Introduction
âIngardenâs Relevance Today
1 Introduction to the Concept of Identity
âSome Traditional Approaches
âIngardenâs General Ontology
2 Nature and Identity of a Literary Work in American Aesthetics
âNelson Goodmanâs Syntactical Identity
âRichard Wolheimâs Amendment
âPsychologism
âSemantic Accounts
âJoseph Margolisâs Culturally Emergent Objects
3 Phenomenological Concept of Identity
âIdentity of a Perceptual Object
âThe Concept of Intentionality
âThe Concept of Constitution
âIdeality and Identity of the Objectivities of Understanding
âHusserlâs Theory of Meaning
âIngardenâs Objections to Husserlâs Transcendental Idealism
âHermeneutic Challenges against the Possibility of Transcendental Phenomenology
4 Literary Work as a Schematic Structure
âThe Notion of a âPurely Intentional Objectâ
âSchematism
âStructure of a Literary Work of Art
âThe Stratum of Linguistic Sound Formations
âThe Stratum of Meanings
âMeanings of Sentences
âThe Stratum of Presented Objects
âThe Stratum of Schematized Aspects
âObjections to Ingardenâs Conception of the Four Strata of Literary Work
âThe Order of Sequence of Parts
âQuasi-judgments
5 Aesthetic Experience and Life of a Literary Work of Art
âAesthetic Experience
âProblems Pertaining to Aesthetic Experience
âPre-aesthetic Cognition of a Literary Work of Art
âCognition of an Aesthetic Object
âThe Work and Its Concretizations
ââLifeâ of a Literary Work of Art
6 Values of Literary Work of Art
âArtistic and Aesthetic Values
âThe Stratum of Sounds and Its Function in the Constitution of Aesthetic Qualities
âThe Stratum of Meanings and Its Function in the Constitution of Aesthetic Qualities
âDe Gustibus Non Est Disputandum
âMetaphysical Qualities
âPoetry as a Means of Cognition
7 The Identity of a Literary Work of Art
âIdentity of Sounds
âIdentity of Meanings
âDialectics of Identity
âSubjectivism, Relativism and Identity
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index
All interested in aesthetics, philosophy of literature, Husserl, Ingarden, phenomenology and its application to literature and art, interpretation of texts, and values of literature, ideological conflicts, and violence.