Dialectics of the Absolute: The Systematics of the Phenomenological System in Husserl\u27s Last Period

This paper draws out the speculative consequences of Husserl\u27s late philosophy which centers around the two major forms of life, the prephilosophical and philosophical attitude. Husserl also calls the philosophical sphere that of the absolute, since every other form of life is relative upon it. The way to attain this state is, as I try to show, carried out in a certain dialectical fashion which attempts to synthesize both at first seemingly contradictory attitudes. In conclusion, I am drawing out a critique of this idea