Routledge philosophy guidebook to Husserl and the Cartesian meditations / A.D. Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, A. D. (Arthur David)

Series:

Routledge philosophy guidebooks.

Routledge philosophy guidebooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Husserl, Edmund, 1859-1938. Cartesianische Meditationen.

Husserl, Edmund.

Phenomenology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (292 p.)

Other Title:

Husserl and the Cartesian meditations

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A comprehensive introduction to Husserlian phenomenology. Smith introduces and assesses the key concepts that arise in the text in a clear and engaging way. A highly accessible introduction to the Cartesian Meditations.

Contents:

1. First meditation

The epoche and the transcendental reduction

The constitution of objects

Transcendental phenomenology and psychology

Evidenz and intuition

'The Cartesian way'

2. Second meditation

Intentionality

The concept of horizon

'Sensualism' and the sense-datum theory

Time-consciousness and Hyle

Intentional analysis

3. (Most of the) fourth meditation

Ego, person, monad

Static and genetic phenomenology

Active and passive synthesis

Eidetic phenomenology and the nature of thought

Founding

Transcendental instincts and 'drive-intentionality'

4. Third meditation and part of the fourth

Reality and reason

World

Reality as an 'idea'

Reality and objectivity

Husserl's idealism

A Husserlian proof of idealism

Theoretical science and the life-world

Husserl's metaphysics

5. Fifth meditation

The sphere of ownness

The body

Empathy

Intersubjectivity

Empathy : the wider picture

The status and scope of Husserl's account of empathy.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-267) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-44496-6

1-280-02242-6

0-203-42266-X

9780203422663

OCLC:

475880021