ABSTRACT
\nCan we distinguish anything like fore- vs. background structures in
cognitive phenomenology? I think we can\, and here try to articulate
some such structures. I consider the phenomenologies of speech
comprehension and reasoning. In each domain\, I propose\, we have an
experience of something\, X\, as meaning something\, Y. \; In some such
cases\, our experience of X as meaning Y is an experience of X as
meaning Y in a manner that is capable of further elucidation\, where
certain further\, more or less specific and informative ways in which X
is means Y are more or less dimly anticipated. (The suggested
structure in consciousness here is akin to Husserl&rsquo\;s ideas about a
&lsquo\;horizonal&rsquo\; dimension of intentionality.) In other such cases\, our
experience of X as meaning Y is rather one of X as &lsquo\;just&rsquo\;\, &lsquo\;simply&rsquo\; or
&lsquo\;primitively&rsquo\;\, meaning Y. I suggest this distinction has relevance to
the question how non-demonstrative inferences\, whose plausibility are sensitive to vast stocks of background knowledge\, may be justified for us\, from within the perspective of phenomenal consciousness.
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ORGANIZER;CN=Katalin Farkas;CN=David Pitt: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR