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Being There
There is a presumption in phenomenology and a presumption throughout the whole modern philosophy, maybe back to ancient philosophy too, that when we examine our own experience, our own perceptions of the world, what we are very prone to do is to generalize, very quickly, and say, "this is the truth about perception, this is how all people perceive", and perhaps even, "this is how all rational creatures or all creatures perceive". Phenomenology has this very real problem that if what I'm doing is studying the essential structures of my own consciousness, what grounds do I have for generalizing what I say and presuming that everyone else has the same kinds of conscious structures?
Why should I assume, as many 18th century philosophers would say, that what I'm studying is human understanding or human experience, or human mind. I mean, could the same structures be shared by the great apes or, perhaps, by dogs? How far down the genetic ladder does consciousness and its essential structures go? And on the other hand, thinking multiculturally, why should I assume that the essential structures of my experience are, in fact, the essential structures of any Homo Sapien's experience? Cultural differences may make an enormous difference.
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