Husserl’s “Introductions to Phenomenology” Interpretation and Critique

There is a remarkable unity to the work of Edmund Husserl, but there are also many difficulties in it. The unity is the result of a single personal and philo­ sophical quest working itself out in concrete phenomenological analyses; the difficulties are due to the inadequacy of initial conceptions wh...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mckenna, W.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1982, 1982
Edition:1st ed. 1982
Series:Phaenomenologica, Series Founded by H. L. Van Breda and Published Under the Auspices of the Husserl-Archives
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Husserl’s Thesis that Consciousness Is World-Constitutive and Its Demonstration
  • A. Husserl’s Thesis
  • B. The Idea of a Demonstration of the Thesis
  • 3. The Motivating Problem
  • 4. Acquiring the Idea of Pure Transcendental Consciousness
  • A. The Thesis of the Natural Attitude
  • B. The Psychological Investigation of Consciousness and the Argument that Consciousness Constitutes the World
  • 5. The Entry into the Transcendental Realm
  • A. The Phenomenological Epoche and Reduction
  • B. Constitution and Constitutive Analysis
  • C. Summary
  • 6. Transcendental Illusion
  • A. The Meaning of “Transcendental Illusion”
  • B. Realism and Idealism in Husserl’s Philosophy
  • C. Husserl’s Demonstration of the Existence of the Possibility of Transcendental Illusion
  • 7. Conclusion: Toward a New Introduction to Phenomenology