Schelling on phenomenology
"The contradiction, that a principle [i.e. the idea that things exist outside of us] which by nature cannot be immediately certain is yet accepted as blindly and groundlessly as one that is so, is incapable of resolution by the transcendental philosopher, save on the presupposition that this principle is not just covertly and as yet uncomprehendingly connected with, but is identical with, one and the same with, an immediate certainty, and to demonstrate this identity will in fact be the concern of transcendental philosophy."
This is really not a new idea. On the other hand, it's always his methodology that Husserl is going on about, moreso than the insight that certainty is certainty. To paraphase Husserl, it's not that he doubts for even a moment that things in the world are really there. The whole problem is to determine exactly what is here so obvious.
This is really not a new idea. On the other hand, it's always his methodology that Husserl is going on about, moreso than the insight that certainty is certainty. To paraphase Husserl, it's not that he doubts for even a moment that things in the world are really there. The whole problem is to determine exactly what is here so obvious.