Ślady fenomenologii Edmunda Husserla w twórczości Simone Weil

Abstract

Traces of Husserl’s phenomenology in the work of Simone Weil The aim of the article is to show and analyze a fairly distinct convergence that occurs between the philosophical thought of Simone Weil and the phenomenological method of Edmund Husserl. Weil, inspired by the phenomenological thought, wrote several important texts. The article is to bring closer their content and indicate the originality of the interpretation of the phenomenological thought contained therein. Weil believes that the correct attitude of the cognizing subject consists of three elements: waiting, desire and attention.This attitude is very similar to that which we find in Husserl’s process of phenomenological reduction, the so-called epoché. Weil in her philosophy also uses the phrase la pensée détachée [detached thinking]. This phrase means