Memory in the Ontopoesis of Life: Book One. Memory in the Generation and Unfolding of Life

299 Pages·2009·1.86 MB·English

by  Halil Turan (auth.)

MEMORYINTHEONTOPOIESISOFLIFE
ANALECTA HUSSERLIANA
THE YEARBOOK OF PHENOMENOLOGICAL RESEARCH
VOLUME CI
FounderandEditor-in-Chief:
ANNA-TERESA TYMIENIECKA
TheWorldInstituteforAdvancedPhenomenologicalResearchandLearning
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MEMORY IN THE ONTOPOIESIS
OF LIFE
Book One
Memory in the Generation and Unfolding of Life
Editedby
ANNA-TERESA TYMIENIECKA
TheWorldPhenomenologicalInstitute,Hanover,NH,U.S.A.
Publishedundertheauspicesof
TheWorldInstituteforAdvancedPhenomenologicalResearchandLearning
A-T.Tymieniecka,President
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Editor
Prof.A-T.Tymieniecka
TheWorldInstituteforAdvancedPhenomenologicalResearchandLearning
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
THEME
ANNA-TERESATYMIENIECKA/TowardtheReformulation
ofaClassicProblem:MemoryintheOntopoiesisofLife xi
SECTION I
MEMORYALONGLIFE’SGENESIS
HALILTURAN/MemoryandtheMythofPrometheus 5
ERLINGENG/AHistoryoftheIdeaofOrganicMemory 17
CLARAMANDOLINI/MemoryandAction:TheConscienceof
TimeinPersonalBecominginBergsonandBlondel 25
CARMENCOZMA/PhenomenologyofLifeonMemory:Revealing
theCreativeHumanConditionintheMusicArtUniverse 53
SECTION II
HUMANIZINGNATURE
LESZEKPYRA/TheAnthropocentricVersusBiocentricOutlookon
Nature 63
HANDEGÜLTEK˙IN/EcologicalDesignandRetrieving
theEnvironmentalMeaning 73
TAMARAEMELYANOVA/Philosophical-HistoricalAspectsof
LandRelations(onExampleofRussianNorthNations) 81
ELDONC.WAIT/ThePhenomenonoftheGaze 95
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SECTION III
CIPHERINGHUMANEXISTENCE
IS¸ILÖZCAN/KierkegaardandthePhenomenologyofRepetitionin
theNouveauRoman 105
GÜLKALE/NotionofForgettingandRememberinginPiranesi:
FireplaceastheSettingofaDionysianPlay 119
CEZARYJÓZEFOLBROMSKI/TheCategoryofthe“Now”in
HusserlianPhenomenologyofTime—PolemicAgainstDerridean
Anti-Presentialism 133
SITANSURAY/“SmritirBhumika”(TheRoleofMemory):Some
Memory-RelatedPoemsandSongsofRabindranath 141
MACIEJKAŁUZ˙A/MemoryasaChallangetoHumanExistence–
AspectsofTemporalityandtheRoleofMemoryinReferenceto
Guitton’sConceptofTime 147
KIVILCIMYILDIZSENURKMEZ/Time,Memoryandthe
MusicalPerception 153
SECTION IV
PLAYOFMEMORYINSELF-IDENTITYOTHERNESS
AYHANSOLANDGÖKHANAKBAY/Memory,PersonalIdentity,
andMoralResponsibility 167
LUDMILANIKOLAYEVNAPOSELSKAYA/MemoryasaPositive
andNegativeMotivationComponentinaPerson’sActivity 181
JANSZMYD/“Interpreting”theModernTimes–Possibilities,
Limitations,SocialandVitalFunctions 191
E.FUNDANESLIOGLU/TheActivityoftheSelf-Realization
WithintheContextoftheFabricatedIdentityoftheConsumer
SelfandItsTransformation 201
LUDMILAMOLODKINA/Utilitarian-AestheticDynamicsof
Nature 213
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SECTION V
MEMORYINTHECREATIVEONTOPOIESISOFLIFE
ELGAFREIBERGA/MemoryandCreativityintheContext
ofOntopoiesisofBeingness:A-T.TymienieckaandA.Bergson 233
SALAHADDINKHALILOV/AbouttheCorrelationofMemory
andRemembranceintheStructureoftheSoul 243
ERKUTSEZG˙IN/TheInterplayofLightandDark 253
ALEKSANDRAPAWLISZYN/Memory–ThePossibilityof
CreationinaLearningWorld–Interpretation 283
NAMEINDEX 303
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Thepresentcollection,firstvolumeonthetopicofmemorytobefollowedby
Vol.102,isgatheringpaperspresentedatthe57thInternationalPhenomenol-
ogy Congress, held by the World Phenomenology Institute on the subject:
“Memory in the Ontopoiesis of Life” which took place at the Istanbul Kul-
turUniversity,inIstanbul,TurkeyonJune18–22,2007.Ourco-organizerand
host,ProfessorErkutSezginmeritsourheartfeltthanksforadedicatedprepa-
rationandpersonalcooperationincarryingourconference.ToRectorofKultur
University, Professor Dr. Tamer Kocel and Professor Dr. Dursun Kocer, who
directedtheservicesprovidedfortheconferenceandhisassistantsYrd.Doc.
Dr. Hikmet Cadlar and Yrd. Doc. Dr. Gursel Hacibekkyrodlu go our sincere
thanksforthedelightfulhospitalitythatweallthoroughlyenjoyed.
We cannot forget the heartfelt dedication given to the joint common effort
oftheday-to-daycarefortherunoftheconferencebyourfaithfulcollabora-
tors,ProfessorsCarmenCozma,HalilTuranandAleksandraPawliszynwhich
assured a smooth progress of the proceedings. We owe them our heartfelt
thanks.
The beautiful setting of the Kultur University in this wonderful city of
Istanbulhaveenhancedthefriendlyatmosphereofthisunforgettableoccasion.
We owe also our thanks to Jeff Hurlburt for his dedicated editorial help in
preparingthisvolume.
A-T.T.
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THEME
TOWARD THE REFORMULATION OF A CLASSIC
PROBLEM: MEMORY IN THE ONTOPOIESIS OF LIFE
DESCRIPTION OF THE ROLE OF THE PAST IN THE TEMPORAL
SUCCESSION OF OUR LIFE COURSE
In the concise sketch that follows, we consider memory to be an essential
functionoflifebywhichthestoring,renunciation,reframingoftheotherwise
irremediablylostpastpromotestheprogressoflifeandsustainsitscontinuity.
As the temporal unfolding of the course of life proceeds, memory, our expe-
riences,nowpastandreceedingfurtherandfurtherfromtheactual,couldfall
into oblivion. But as it happens, memory crucially sustains the present and
futureinlife’sdevelopment,indeed,guaranteestheirunfolding.
Our primary attention to memory proceeds directly from our concerns in
ourpresentsituation:ourattentiontorememberinganevent,anexperience,a
thoughtorimpressionbringstotheforeaninstantofthetimingofthecourse
of life. This attention pinpoints the moment of a present phase of timing. It
strikestheactualmomentofourexperience,andyetsimultaneouslyouratten-
tionpullsupreflections“images,”“traces”ofwhatisactuallygone,whathas
lostitsactivepower,itsactiverolewithinthecircumambientmilieu,andwhat
haslostthestrikingappealofrealityaswell.Itisnowonlyaremembranceof
thepast.
A glance at the course of our lives makes it obvious that attention always
favorsthepresentinstantofactivebecomingorduration,givenitsconcretefac-
ticity.Further,life’stiminginthecourseofitsbecomingisorientedtowardthe
future.Alloflife’sfunctionaltentacles,itsfunctionalline,extendthepresent
into the future, projecting through imaginative planning, but they also rooted
inthepast,fromwhichthatlinederivesitsconstructive/destructivedirectionor
tendency.Indeed,theforeseenfuturecompletesthepast,andthatinnumerous
ways.
VITAL MEMORY AND THE LIVING AGENT OF LIVING
BEINGNESS ESPECIALLY
Wespontaneouslyseememoryasaspecialhumanfunctionalprerogative—the
storingoftracesofexperiences,understandingshadandinterpretationsmade
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