ABSTRACT
This text addresses some methodological and historical problems concerning the phenomenology of image consciousness (Phänomenologie des Bildbewusstseins) elaborated by Edmund Husserl as well as some of its theoretical repercussions. At first, I examine the broader scope in which the philosophical approach to images became relevant in the 20th century, the so-called “iconic turn” (ikonische Wenke) or “pictorial turn”, according to the respective terms proposed by Gottfried Boehm and William Mitchell. In this context I situate the phenomenology of image and, more specifically, the phenomenology of image consciousness elaborated by Husserl, considering, in particular, the guiding axes of three directions that stand out in contemporary theories of image, namely: the anthropological, the semiotic and the perceptual approach. By the resumption of semiotic nuances remaining in the phenomenology of image consciousness I present some critical points about the classification of Husserl’s analyses in the scope of perceptual approach. Finally, I point out some implications of the co-belonging to the intuitive image presentation (anschaulicher Darstellung des Bildes) of what can be called “indicative circumstantiality”.
Keywords:
Iconic turn; Image consciousness; Phenomenology of sign; Edmund Husserl; Gottfried Boehm