ROMAN INGARDEN'S ONTOLOGY AND AESTHETICS This page intentionally left blank PHILOSOPHICA No. 49 ROMAN INGARDEN'S ONTOLOGY AND AESTHETICS Jeff MITSCHERLING With a foreword by Raymond KLIBANSKY UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA PRESS The Philosophica series covers works dealing with perennial questions of and history of philosophy. The series particularly seeks works written with- in the European Continental and the analytic traditions. In conformity with the Press's editorial policy, the series welcomes manuscripts written in either English or French. Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data Mitscherling, Jeffrey Anthony Roman Ingarden's Ontology and Aesthetics (Philosophica; 49) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-7766-0435-X (bound) ISBN 0-7766-0425-2 (pbk.) 1. Ingarden, Roman, 1893-1970—Aesthetics. 2. Ingarden, Roman, 1893-1970—Contributions in ontology. I. Title. II. Series: Collection Philo- sophica; 49. B4691.I534M58 1996 lll'.85'092 C96-900918-6 This book has been published with the help of a grant from the Humanities and Social Sciences Federation of Canada, using funds provided by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. University of Ottawa Press gratefully acknowledges the support extended to its publishing programme by the Canada Council, the Department of Canadian Heritage, and the University of Ottawa. Cover: Robert Dolbec Typesetting: Infographie G.L. Distributed in the U.K. by Cardiff Academic Press Ltd., St. Fagans Road, Fairwater, Cardiff CF5 3AE. "All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher." © University of Ottawa Press, 1997 Printed and bound in Canada ISBN 0-7766-0435-X (cloth) ISBN 0-7766-0435-2 (paper) To the memory of my teacher JAKOB AMSTUTZ with love, gratitude, and respect This page intentionally left blank CONTENTS Foreword XI Preface and Acknowledgments XIII Introduction 1 A. Purpose and Structure of the Present Study 1 B. Ingarden's Realist Response to Husserl's Transcendental Idealism 5 Notes 7 Chapter One A Sketch of Ingarden's Life, Career, and Works 9 Notes 23 Chapter Two Ingarden's Interpretation of Husserl 41 A. Introduction: Husserl and Metaphysical Idealism ... 41 B. Ingarden's Interpretation of Husserl 49 1. The Concept of Philosophy as Rigorous Science 51 2. The Appropriate Method of Epistemology (The Phenomenological Reduction) 55 3. The Analysis of Perception and the Theory of Constitution 57 4. The Formal-ontological Foundations of Husserl's Idealist Solution 62 C. Summary 65 Notes 65 Chapter Three Controversy Over the Existence of the World 79 A. Introduction: The Genesis, Task, and Structure of Controversy 79 B. Central Analyses and Conclusions of Controversy, Parts I and II 86 1. Preliminary Remarks: Summary of Chapters 1 and 2 (§§1-9) 86 (a) Existential-ontological Questions 87 VII Roman Ingarden's Ontology and Aesthetics (b) Formal-ontological Questions 87 (c) Material-ontological Questions 88 2. Existential Ontology (Controversy, Part I) 88 (a) Analysis of Chapter 3 (§§10-17) 88 (i) Existential Autonomy and Existential Heteronomy (§12) 90 (ii) Existential Originality and Existential Derivation (§13) 91 (iii) Existential Separateness and Existential Inseparateness (§14) 93 (iv) Existential Self-dependence and Existential Contingency (§15) 95 3. Formal Ontology, 1: Form and Essence (Controversy, Part II/l) 99 (a) Analysis of Chapter 9 (§§46-48) 100 C. Summary: Controversy and Ingarden's Studies in Aesthetics 110 Notes Ill Chapter Four The Literary Work of Art 123 A. Introduction: Ingarden's Prefaces to the First and Second Editions of LWA 123 B. Exposition of LWA 125 1. Preliminary Questions (LWA, Part I) 125 2. The Structure of the Literary Work of Art (LWA, Part II) 128 (a) The Stratum of Linguistic Sound Formations 129 (b) The Stratum of Meaning Units 132 (c) The Stratum of Represented Objectivities ... 135 (d) The Stratum of Schematized Aspects 137 3. Conclusions (LWA, Part III) 139 C. Analyses of Two Texts 140 1. "The Dead" 140 2. "The Raven" 143 D. Summary: LWA and Ingarden's Philosophical Program as a Whole 152 Notes 156 VIII Contents Chapter Five Ingarden's Analyses of Other Sorts of Artworks 163 A. Introduction 163 B. The Dramatic Work of Art 164 C. The Musical Work 167 D. The Picture 175 E. The Architectural Work 182 F. Summary: The Work of Art as Schematic Formation 185 Notes 187 Chapter Six Ingarden and Contemporary Aesthetics 193 A. Introduction: Ingarden's Influence 193 B. Ingarden and Contemporary Philosophical Hermeneutics 196 C. Artist's Intention and 'The Idea of the Work' 202 D. From Phenomenological Aesthetics to Realist Metaphysics: The Turn to Intentional Being 207 Notes 209 Bibliography of Works Cited 215 Index of Subjects 227 Index of Proper Names 235 IX