Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Husserl and the Cartesian Meditations

Husserl is one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century and his contribution to the phenomenology movement is widely recognised. The Cartesian Meditations is his most famous, and most widely studied work. The book introduces and assesses: Husserl's life and background to the...

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Main Author Smith, A. D.
Format eBook Book
LanguageEnglish
Published London Routledge 2003
Taylor and Francis
Taylor & Francis Group
Edition1
SeriesRoutledge Philosophy GuideBooks
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  • Cover -- Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Husserl and the Cartesian Meditations -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Note on Translations and Citations -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction (1-2) -- The 'Idea' of Philosophy -- Husserl and Descartes -- 1 First Meditation ((3-11) -- The Epoché and the Transcendental Reduction -- The Constitution of Objects -- Transcendental Phenomenology and Psychology -- Evidenz and Intuition -- 'The Cartesian Way' -- 2 Second Meditation ((12-22) -- Intentionality -- The Concept of Horizon -- 'Sensualism' and the Sense-Datum Theory -- Time-Consciousness and Hylé -- Intentional Analysis -- 3 (Most of the) Fourth Meditation ((30-39) -- 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 ((23-29, 40-41) -- 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 ((42-62) -- The Sphere of Ownness -- The Body -- Empathy -- Intersubjectivity -- Empathy: The Wider Picture -- The Status and Scope of Husserl's Account of Empathy -- Conclusion ((63-64) -- Appendix: Original Passages from Husserl's Unpublished Manuscripts -- Bibliography -- Index