Problem of Passive Constitution

This article deals with little-studied issue of passive constitution, research of which clears the way to understanding of peculiar Husserl's transcendental philosophy. The author of the article points out that concept of formation varies between formation of sense and creation, but this fluctuation takes place only in relation to passive synthesis. Landgrebe rests upon a number of statements, considered in the article (“deep-laid dimension” of constitution process cannot be grasped by phenomenological introspection; functions of corporeality belong to functions of passive pre-constitution and with them to transcendental subjectivity; proceeding proto-occurrence of transcendental subjectivity has to be understood as creative process) in which this variation proves to be justified.