%0 Journal Article
%T Is This Self-Evident? Husserl¡¯s Phenomenological Method and the Psychopathology of Common Sense
%A Michela Summa
%J Rivista Internazionale di Filosofia e Psicologia
%D 2012
%I Mimesis Edizioni, Milano
%X This article seeks to highlight the methodological relevance of phenomenology for psychopathology. With this aim, it particularly focuses on the work of the German psychiatrist, Wolfgang Blankenburg. In developing his ¡°psychopathology of common sense¡±, Blankenburg engages in a thoughtful dialogue with phenomenology. This allows him, on the one hand, to propose a phenomenologically grounded approach to psychopathology and, on the other hand, to redefine the epistemological status of psychopathology as a scientific discipline. The critical analysis of Blankenburg¡¯s clinical works and theoretical positions, and notably the evaluation of his assessment of some central moments in Husserl¡¯s phenomenology, will elucidate how the latter can contribute to research in psychopathology. Particularly, it will be shown how the two keystones of Husserl¡¯s phenomenological method, namely the epoch¨¦ and the eidetic description, can be fruitfully implemented in psychopathological research.
%K Blankenburg
%K Husserl
%K Method
%K Phenomenological Psychopathology
%K Self-evidence
%U http://www.rifp.it/ojs/index.php/rifp/article/view/rifp.2012.0019