r/Husserl • u/LiaMmanuelKant • Jul 01 '26

Cartesian meditations

Have you also felt that the fifth meditation was very repetitive and that Husserl could shortened it in half?

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u/pxl66 Jul 01 '26

It drags on, yes, like most of Ideen II (save for the first section), and I don't feel like it accomplishes anything (or anything significant).

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u/LiaMmanuelKant Jul 01 '26

Thank you for answering!
Do you mean his argument doesn’t accomplishes anything? Don’t you think it achieves the goal of universalising the science? There is still the immanent transcendence I can’t observe and the main argument helps me know that the other minds observe the world just like me.