Zwittereinheit as a Basis for Eidetic Variation——On the Boundary Problem in Husserl's Method of Eidetic Variation
The method of Eidetic Variation is Husserl's foundational method for constructing the phenomeno-logical edifice,and it is in Eidetic Variation that we grasp the purely essential generality that distinguishes it from empirical generality.However,the validity of this method has been widely discussed and criticized,among which the boundary problem is the most frequently and seriously questioned by critics about Eidetic Variation.After exam-ining the origin and significance of the boundary problem,the author points out that the boundary originates from the generality of"empirical type",and the role of this generality is specifically manifested as the expected role of an"empirical type".In order to transcend the boundary of empirical types to get the real essence and avoid the e-pistemological cycle,Husserl put forward a peculiar concept of"Zwittereinheit"as the real foundation of Eidetic Variation in his late book Erfahrung Und Urteil,with the help of which,the method of Eidetic Variation can finally overcome the boundaries of the boundary and thus grasp the pure essence.