Founded
Founded
(Ger. fundiert) In Husserl1. The character of one noetic-noematic stratum as presupposing the presence of another, the founding stratum. 2. The character of an act or an act-correlate as containing founded and founding strata. E.g., intending something as a tool is founded in intending “the same” as a material thing; correlatively, the tool-sense is founded in the mere-thing-sense. — D.C.