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Husserl on horizons
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Horizons of possibilities (Albuquerque from Sandia Peak)
Possibilities known practically (Belfast, Maine)
Another is the phenomenological point made by Husserl that any profile of an object is surrounded by a horizon of other possible profiles, and the concept of the object is the rule that unifies these profiles. This is amplified by Heidegger into the doctrine of 'world' as an indefinite totality of connections of possible actions and consequences, as known practically and then as theorized. I rely on this
- similarly to the Kant points, but also to assert
- that places contain fields possibilities beyond the actual items present, and
- that the horizon of possibilities includes actions and bodily movements, not just perceptions, and
- that that horizon goes beyond any formula which links only perceptions of one object, and
- that those possibilities are not fully controlled by rules. This item is at odds with Kantian notions of concepts as rules
- but is reconcilable with it by bringing in Kant's doctrine of judgment in the construction of empirical concepts rather than transcendental categories.
- In the doctrine of judgment, types and relations are extendible in ways uncontrollable by rules.
- Also, by bringing in Kant's notion of reason as the totalizing of conceptual rules that is never done according to larger rules but only practical ideals.