The importance of some Husserl's conceptions for Psychopathology

Abstract

The author highlights the need for a rigorously phenomenological attitude in psychopathology. The concepts established by Husserl should be followed as much as possible. Then the author shows the disadvantages of the multiplicity of "phenomenologies" and the danger of mixing classical scientific rules in studies of phenomenological psychology and psychopathology. The author differentiates transcendental phenomenology from phenomenological psychology and psychopathology, as positive sciences, while showing the possibility of a genetic and dynamic orientation of phenomenological psychopathology. The author lists some examples of the application of Husserl's principles in psychopathology and psychosomatic medicine, showing the fruitfulness of this application.