Mutáció és eltűnés. A térbeliség kategóriájának útja a hartmanni rétegfelépítményben

Abstract

The primary aim of my paper is to show how the category of spatiality appears at different levels of the strata structure outlined by Nicolai Hartmann. As a starting point, Hartmann’s connection to the Cartesian tradition leads directly to the misunderstanding that manifests itself in the accusation of hypostasis. In order to dispel this misunderstanding, I examine whether we can attach greater importance to the boundary marking the beginning of life than to the boundary between the organic and spiritual layers of existence, which is characterized, among other things, by the disappearance of the category of spatiality and the increased dominance of nova. In order to clarify this, the distinction between organic and inorganic layers of existence inevitably needs to be clarified. Next, I explain that the appearance of life on the second stage of Hartmann’s construction is devoid of any vital tendencies, and I attempt to prove that, although Hartmann draws a sharp line between the second and third layers of existence, this caesura does not result in psychophysical dualism in his system. Then I will show that the category of spatiality is already distorted shortly before its disappearance, while the living organism comes into contact with its own environment. Of course, the indirect assertion of spatiality can also be detected in non-spatial layers of existence, but its direct manifestation has interdisciplinary implications, and it can also be connected with the method of phenomenology, which I must discuss in detail. Finally, I point to the ontological consequences of the disappearance of the category in question, making it clear that the Platonic conception of existence associated with spatiality is inadequate for grasping intangible beings. After a brief description of Heidegger’s attempt, I will point out that the successful integration of intellectual entities into reality is carried out precisely by Hartmann through the real time’s ability to unite.