The phenomenology of negation

Jean-Michel Saury

pp. 245-260

Negation is a fundamental component of communication (no-answers), cognition (logical negation), perception (different color), attitude (dislike), emotion (hatred), and volition (disagreement). Its many uses make it difficult to provide an integrated definition of the concept. The aim of this paper is to show that an integrated definition of the concept can be arrived at by means of a phenomenological method structuring it into three general essences labelled lack, otherness and obstruction.

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DOI: 10.1007/s11097-008-9113-3

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Saury, J. (2009). The phenomenology of negation. Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences 8 (2), pp. 245-260.

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