To Work at the Foundations Essays in Memory of Aron Gurwitsch

Aron Gurwitsch (1900-73) was one of the most important figures in the phenomenological movement between the 1920s and the 1970s. Through his introduction of Gestalt theoretical concepts into phenomenology, he exerted a powerful influence on Maurice Merleau-Ponty and others. The contributions to this...

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Other Authors: Evans, J. Claude (Editor), Stufflebeam, Robert S. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1997, 1997
Edition:1st ed. 1997
Series:Contributions to Phenomenology, In Cooperation with The Center for Advanced Research in Phenomenology
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • I. Aron Gurwitsch the Philosopher
  • 1. Keynote Address: Concerning Aron Gurwitsch
  • 2. The Philosophy of Aron Gurwitsch
  • II. Critical Studies of the Philosophy of Aron Gurwitsch
  • 3. Gurwitsch’s Interpretation of Kant: Reflections of a Former Student
  • 4. Phenomenalism, Idealism and Gurwitsch’s Account of the Sensory Noema
  • 5. Conditional Identity and Irregular Parts: Aron Gurwitsch’s Gestalt-Theoretic Revision of the Stumpf-Husserl Conception of Independence
  • III. Gurwitschean Themes in Philosophy
  • 6. Relevance and Aesthetic Perception
  • 7. A Gurwitschean Model for Explaining Culture or How to Use an Atlatl
  • IV. Philosophy in the Spirit of Aron Gurwitsch
  • 8. On the Difference Between Transcendental and Empirical Subjectivity
  • 9. On Confronting Species-Specific Skepticism as We Near the End of the Twentieth Century
  • 10. To Whom It May Concern: The Question of the Philosophic Interlocutor
  • 11. Beyond Foundationalism and Functionalism: Phenomenology in Exchange with the Human and Social Sciences
  • V. A Bibliography for Gurwitsch Studies