Understanding Phenomenology (Understanding Movements in Modern Thought) - Softcover

Cerbone, David R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1844650553 ISBN 13: 9781844650552

Publisher: Routledge, 2006

Synopsis

"Understanding Phenomenology" provides a guide to one of the most important schools of thought in modern philosophy. The book traces phenomenology's historical development, beginning with its founder, Edmund Husserl and his "pure" or "transcendental" phenomenology, and continuing with the later, "existential" phenomenology of Martin Heidegger, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Maurice Merleau-Ponty. The book also assesses later, critical responses to phenomenology - from Derrida to Dennett - as well as the continued significance of phenomenology for philosophy today. Written for anyone coming to phenomenology for the first time, the book guides the reader through the often bewildering array of technical concepts and jargon associated with phenomenology and provides clear explanations and helpful examples to encourage and enhance engagement with the primary texts.

About this title

Review:

"A welcome addition to the introductory literature on empiricism, filling a gap between the books which are very heavy on Locke, Berkeley, Hume scholarship, and books that focus purely on contemporary epistemology." Graham Stevens, University of Manchester

About the Author:

David R. Cerbone is Associate Professor of Philosophy at West Virginia University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1844650553
• ISBN 13: 9781844650552
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 200