Metaphysical Conversations and Phenomenological Essays / Hedwig Conrad-Martius and Christina M. Gschwandtner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Conrad-Martius, Hedwig, author.

Gschwandtner, Christina M., author.

Series:

Women pioneers collection ; Volume 1.

Women Philosophers Heritage Collection ; Volume 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Metaphysics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Germany : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, [2024]

Summary:

This is the first translation into English of early phenomenologist Hedwig Conrad-Martius’ Metaphysical Conversations, originally published in 1921. Conrad-Martius was one of Husserl’s first students, an important part of the Göttingen Phenomenology Circle and mentor to Edith Stein, Jean Héring, and other early phenomenologists. The present volume provides the full German and English texts of the conversations, a phenomenological discussion of the nature of the human, examining the nature of body, soul, and spirit, and drawing distinctions between plants, animals, humans, and various other beings. The volume also includes two important essays on phenomenology, in which Conrad-Martius distinguishes between the phenomenological approaches of Husserl, Heidegger, and the more ontological approach of the Göttingen school of phenomenology. She is critical of Husserl’s "transcendental" and Heidegger’s "existential" approach. The conversations illustrate her use of the phenomenological method for fundamental investigations into the nature (or Wesen) of things.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Introduction

Translator's Notes

Phenomenology and Speculation

Transcendental and Ontological Phenomenology

Metaphysical Conversations

German Original Texts

Phänomenologie und Spekulation

Die transzendentale und die ontologische Phänomenologie

Metaphysische Gespräche

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

3-11-076309-5