Shadowing (phenomenology)

According to Edmund Husserl, shadowing means, within the phenomenological theory, the fact that an object can be viewed from an infinite number of perspectives . In doing so, the one occupied "hides" the other possible perceptual sides of the object. This hiding is called shading .

Although, according to Husserl, we cannot see all sides of an object, we are still conscious of a spatial object. This succeeds because we share the sides, which are not given in perspective, or have consciousness , as Husserl puts it. The given page therefore refers to the pages not given. Perception of a thing would accordingly be the consequence of a reference context. Within this context of reference, the object itself is not experienced , like the shadowing, i.e. the perspective restriction, but the result of an experience . Thus, unlike the experience of a shadowing thing, a thing cannot be fully grasped, as Husserl puts it. What is meant by this is the fact that a thing cannot be fully grasped in its limited relationships.