Husserl e la storia della filosofia : Descartes come caso di studio esemplare

In this article, I reflect on Husserl’s references to Descartes’ philosophy. My aim is to show why Descartes can be considered an exemplary case within Husserl’s investigations on the history of philosophy. In the first part, I consider the image of Descartes in Husserl’s philosophy, which remains virtually unchanged until his late work. Then I stress the ambivalence that runs through Husserl’s evaluation of the French philosopher. In the second part of this article, after discussing the meaning of Husserl’s Dichtung der Philosophiegeschichte and Crisis’ zig-zag method, I debate the reasons behind Husserl's corrections to Descartes’ thought. Finally, in the third session, I show Descartes’ function for the philosophy of the present.