Now online a new article for the Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology by Kyong E. Lee (Husserl Archives).
Kyong E. Lee – “Husserl’s Notion of Solitary Speech Reconsidered: In Conversation with Vygotsky”
JBSP (Received 21 Jul 2023, Accepted 20 Aug 2024, Published online: 02 Sep 2024).
Abstract: This paper clarifies the phenomenon Edmund Husserl referred to as “solitary speech,” defending his account against the deconstructionist claim that it serves as a mere prop for his transcendental project. To do this, first, I examine how this idea has been misunderstood by Jacques Derrida in Speech and Phenomena. Second, I present Husserl’s account of solitary speech as a strictly phenomenological-psychological analysis of a concrete unit of psychic experience, drawing on Husserl’s broader view on the relationship between psychology and phenomenology. Third, I compare Husserl’s account to Lev Vygotsky’s empirical psychological account of “inner speech” to demonstrate their affinity, and to re-establish the misunderstood theme of solitary speech as a concrete linguistic and cognitive phenomenon. This not only corrects the deconstructionist bias but sets a proper approach to the phenomenon of solitary speech, which can contribute to a broader account of the linguistic and cultural formation of human consciousness.
Full article: https://doi.org/10.1080/00071773.2024.2397686
Kyong E. Lee, Husserl Archives Leuven, Higher Institute of Philosophy, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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