The Other Husserl: The Horizons of Transcendental Phenomenology (Studies in Continental Thought) - Hardcover

Welton, Donn

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 025333795X ISBN 13: 9780253337955

Publisher: Indiana University Press, 2001

Synopsis

With provocations on every page, this book is a philosophical feast. The specialist will find familiar ingredients assembled here in a perspicuous and compelling way, while the nonspecialist will discover a Husserl whose philosophy is made of flesh and blood." -Journal of the History of Philosophy In this thorough study of the full body of his writings, Donn Welton uncovers a Husserl very different from the established view. Arguing against established interpretations, The Other Husserl traces Husserl's move from static to genetic phenomenology and uses accounts of perception, discourse, subjectivity, and world to elaborate the scope of his systematic phenomenology. This serious reflection on the meaning of phenomenology is the first book in English to outline in full Husserl's phenomenological method and to argue for its cogency. Welton's stimulating interpretation highlights Husserl's relevance for current philosophical debates.

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Review:

In this significant work, Edmund Husserl, the founder of 20th-century phenomenology, a highly influential theory of knowledge, receives a thorough and excellent analysis. . . .This technical study is an important contribution to phenomenology . . .December 2001--Choice

Synopsis:

Edmund Husserl, perhaps more than any other philosopher captures the spirit and movement of philosophy in the twentieth century. In this thorough historical study of Husserl's phenomenological method, Donn Welton presents a unique interpretation of the development of Husserl's philosophical position against the background of systematic insight into the phenomenon of horizon - perhaps the single most important issue that motivates and guides Husserl's thought. "The Other Husserl" expands Husserl's introductory static method into a genetic phenomenology, moving through his transformation of phenomenology into transcendental philosophy in his "Ideas Toward a Pure Phenomenology" and applying them to issues of perception, discourse, culture, and context elaborated in his later Crisis in European Science. This serious reflection on the meaning of phenomenology is the first book in English to outline the full scope of Husserl's phenomenological method, and to argue for its cogency.

About this edition

• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 025333795X
• ISBN 13: 9780253337955
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 520