Introduzione

This volume attempts to take stock of the question of epoché. Various tasks have to be accomplished : a) the recognition of the extent of the semantic area of the word ; b) the exploration of the history of the idea ; c) the study of its function within the phenomenological context ; d) the analysis of the concrete practice of the epoché. Throughout the great variety of approaches, a clear line of demarcation can be established : some authors consider epoché as a synonym for phenomenological reduction, some others insist on the philosophical relevance of its independence from it. In any case, epoché reveals itself as the theoretical practice of openness.