Abstract

Husserl, Lévinas and Patočka: To critique the concept of the other as an alter ego. – For Husserl is the other my alter ego. But it is a question, whether there may be any “alien” at Husserl phenomenology, whether it is rather unthinkable. For Patočka we will not find a more specific role of the other. Lévinas, on the contrary by examining the phenomenon of the face, is heading to the core of this problem.

Keywords Husserl Lévinas Patočka “the other” alter ego phenomenology