Kinesthetic Unity as Motivated Association

Abstract

Within Husserl’s theory of perception, the role attributed to kinesthetic sensations determines a phase of the perceptive constitution that marks the boundary between pure receptivity and a first form of self-determination of consciousness. Kinesthetic experiences are, in fact, characterized not just as acts that are performed but rather that can be performed, albeit according to predetermined paths.

Keywords

• kinesthetic sensations
• spontaneity passive motivation
• association
• “idiopsychic” dimension of consciousness