Edmund Husserl often characterizes essences and eidetic laws in normative terms. Many of his statements to this effect are however highly puzzling as they appear at odds with Husserl’s general understanding of normativity. In this paper I focus on this puzzle and I argue that we can reconcile most of the apparent tensions between these two dimensions of Husserl’s philosophical thought. In the first part of the paper, drawing on the contemporary literature on kinds of norms, I focus on Husserl’s work on the varieties of normativity. I submit that, on his view, essences and eidetic laws are never intrinsically normative, and that not all essences and not all corresponding eidetic laws can function as norms for their instances. Crucially, however, I argue that, according to Husserl, essences and eidetic laws can function as norms for a range of the subject’s acts. In the second part of the paper I further examine this thesis, thus explaining in what sense Husserl thinks that essences and eidetic laws can have this function. I show that formal eidetic laws can engender deontic and evaluative norms for correct or rational judgments, evaluations, desires, and acts of the will. I also contend that material essences and material eidetic laws also have a normative function for judgments. I conclude that this shows how Husserl’s view makes room for norms that are not context-dependent or subjectively grounded.

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胡塞尔关于本质规范

埃德蒙·胡塞尔（Edmund Husserl）经常用规范的术语来刻画本质和本质规律。然而，他对这种影响的许多陈述都非常令人费解，因为它们似乎与胡塞尔对规范性的一般理解不一致。在本文中，我关注这个难题，我认为我们可以调和胡塞尔哲学思想的这两个维度之间的大部分明显紧张。在论文的第一部分，我借鉴了当代关于各种规范的文献，重点介绍了胡塞尔关于规范性变体的工作。我认为，在他看来，本质和本质规律从来都不是内在规范的，并且并非所有本质和并非所有相应的本质规律都可以作为其实例的规范。然而，至关重要的是，我认为，根据胡塞尔的说法，本质和本质法则可以作为主体一系列行为的规范。在论文的第二部分，我进一步研究了这个论点，从而解释了胡塞尔在什么意义上认为本质和本质规律可以具有这种功能。我表明，正式的本质法则可以为正确或理性的判断、评价、欲望和意志行为产生道义和评价规范。我还主张，物质本质和物质本质规律也具有判断的规范功能。我得出的结论是，这表明胡塞尔的观点如何为不依赖于上下文或主观基础的规范留出空间。我表明，正式的本质法则可以为正确或理性的判断、评价、欲望和意志行为产生道义和评价规范。我还主张，物质本质和物质本质规律也具有判断的规范功能。我得出的结论是，这表明胡塞尔的观点如何为不依赖于上下文或主观基础的规范留出空间。我表明，正式的本质法则可以为正确或理性的判断、评价、欲望和意志行为产生道义和评价规范。我还主张，物质本质和物质本质规律也具有判断的规范功能。我得出的结论是，这表明胡塞尔的观点如何为不依赖于上下文或主观基础的规范留出空间。