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The questions raised in this essay stem not so much from attacks upon transcendental phenomenology, but appear within the context of the phenomena investigated by phenomenology itself. These phenomena seem to lead not only to complex overlays and relationships, but above all, to dilemmas requiring further and deeper investigations. Such dilemmas may suggest some of the directions for phenomenological researches. These dilemmas are not the inventions of the author, but have been suggested, and at times discussed by phenomenologists.1 Apart from these concerns, questions of the difference between phenomenological research and phenomenological philosophizing will have to be addressed. Does philosophizing interfere in phenomenological work by creating “problems” or does it offer an access to phenomena that otherwise would be inaccessible? In turn, do phenomena exhibit a structure of dilemmas and thus give rise to philosophical problematics, lending phenomenology a place in the philosophical sun? Can such dilemmas be resolved philosophically or phenomenologically? Would the possibility of an overlapping here mean a phenomenological contribution to major philosophical questions? There appears an already established tradition that speaks to these questions, drawing phenomenology into the problematics of various contemporary philosophical trends.2 While this speaks well of phenomenology, it also tends to detract from the phenomenological work that is equally if not more important. It is hoped that the latter task will not be neglected in this writing.
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Mickunas, A. (1997). Life-world and History. In: Hopkins, B.C. (eds) Husserl in Contemporary Context. Contributions to Phenomenology, vol 26. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1804-2_10
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