Phenomenology : a contemporary introduction /
The central task of phenomenology is to investigate the nature of consciousness and its relations to objects of various types. The present book introduces students and other readers to several foundational topics of phenomenological inquiry, and illustrates phenomenology's contemporary relevanc...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Routledge,
[2020]
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| Series: | Routledge contemporary introductions to philosophy.
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| Summary: | The central task of phenomenology is to investigate the nature of consciousness and its relations to objects of various types. The present book introduces students and other readers to several foundational topics of phenomenological inquiry, and illustrates phenomenology's contemporary relevance. The main topics include consciousness, intentionality, perception, meaning and knowledge. The book also contains critical assessments of Edmund Husserl's phenomenological method. It argues that knowledge is the most fundamental mode of consciousness, and that the central theses constitutive of Husserl's "transcendental idealism" are compatible with metaphysical realism regarding the objects of thought, perception and knowledge. Helpful tools include introductions that help the reader segue from the previous chapter to the new one, chapter conclusions and suggested reading lists of primary and some key secondary sources. |
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| Physical Description: | xxii, 323 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [296]-317) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780367497385 0367497387 9780367497392 0367497395 |