Aron Gurwitsch Quotes
Aron Gurwitsch was a Lithuanian-born American phenomenologist whose long career carried Husserlian phenomenology through Berlin, Paris, and the New School for Social Research in New York. After early Berlin study under Carl Stumpf, he combined phenomenological description with the results of Gestalt psychology in his Theory of the Field of Consciousness, arguing that consciousness is field-organized rather than a succession of discrete impressions and that every act of perception is set against a horizon of co-given features. The quotes below are attributed to Aron Gurwitsch, organized by topic.
Aron Gurwitsch on Mind
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Attributed to Aron Gurwitsch:
“Consciousness is field-organized, not point-by-point.”
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Attributed to Aron Gurwitsch:
“Every act of perception involves a horizon of co-given features.”
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Attributed to Aron Gurwitsch:
“Phenomenology must take Gestalt psychology seriously.”
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Attributed to Aron Gurwitsch:
“The non-egological theory of consciousness liberates phenomenology from idealist excess.”
Aron Gurwitsch on Truth
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Attributed to Aron Gurwitsch:
“Meaning is constituted in the interplay of theme and field.”