The Role of Normativity and Anticipation in the Constitution of Objectivity

We concentrate on the problem of the constitution of objectivity and conceive of it as a normative strategy of anticipation in our interaction with the world. We stress the transcendental account of objectivity, which is explicitly relational through its emphasis on the human involvement. First, we deal with Husserl's transcendental philosophy and the role of normativity and anticipation in the constitution of objectivity. Next, we elaborate a functional interpretation of transcendental reasoning, which can remedy for a number of flaws in Kant and Husserl, and makes transcendental philosophy relevant again for contemporary debates. Such an interpretation focuses on the function of constitution, which is essentially normative and anticipatory. We conceptualize this functional approach in terms of symmetry.