Fatal Attraction, Berlin © Knut Skjærven
Moving from the natural attitude opening up the phenomenological attitude, perception unfolds.
Attention is what you pay attention to at any single moment.
Looking at a photograph like the one above or wandering a street to find a scene for another picture is not in this respect different.
There is always a point of attention.
But that is not all.
In the fringes every moment relates to retention as well as protention.
Retention unfolds backward. Protention unfolds forward.
Both are open spheres partly filled in every situation.
Or not filled.
You yourself are the agent that makes things happen.
You can wonder where the woman with the green handbag is going when she leaves the picture (protention).
Or you can wonder how a bike will move without a motor (retention).
You of course don't have to ask any of these questions. Perception will work for you in the shadows of whatever you pay attention to.
The three of them: attention, retention and protection are always there.
Something extra:
The best book I have read as an introduction to phenomenology is Robert Sokolowski: Introduction to Phenomenology, Cambridge University Press 2000.
Copenhagen, July 12, 2024
© Knut Skjærven on text and picture.
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By the way, the project On Phenomenology (this project) is mainly inspired by the thought and writings of Edmund Husserl (1859-1938).
Husserl is considered the father of phenomenology. People like Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1908-1961), Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980) and lots and lots of others rely upon his work.
I will leave it to you to investigate the area on your own.
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