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This second edition of David Woodruff Smith's stimulating introduction to Husserl has been fully updated and includes a new ninth chapter featuring contemporary issues confronting Husserl's phenomenology. It introduces the whole of Edmund Husserl's thought, demonstrating his influence on philosophy of mind and language, on ontology and epistemology, as well as ethical theory, and on philosophy of logic, mathematics, and science.
Starting with an overview of Husserl's life and works, and his place in twentieth-century philosophy and in Western philosophy as a whole, Smith introduces Husserl's conception of phenomenology, explaining Husserl's innovative theories of intentionality, objectivity, subjectivity, and intersubjectivity. In subsequent chapters Smith covers Husserl's logic, metaphysics, realism and transcendental idealism, epistemology, and (meta)ethics. Finally, the author assesses the significance and implications of Husserl's work for contemporary philosophy of mind and cognitive science.
Also included is a timeline, glossary, and extensive suggestions for further reading, making Husserl, second edition, essential reading for anyone interested in phenomenology, twentieth-century philosophy, and the continuing influence of this eminent philosopher.
List of contents
Introduction 1. Husserl’s Life and Works 2. Husserl’s Philosophical System 3. Logic: Meaning in Language, Mind, and Science 4. Ontology: Essences and Categories, Minds and Bodies 5. Phenomenology I: the New Science of Conscious Experience 6. Phenomenology II: Intentionality, Method, and Theory 7. Epistemology: Beyond Rationalism, Empiricism, and Kantianism 8. Ethics: Values Founded in Experience 9. Husserl’s Legacy, and Husserlian Philosophy Today. Index
About the author
David Woodruff Smith is Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Irvine, USA. He is the author of
Mind World: Essays in Phenomenology and Ontology (2004) and the co-editor (with Amie L. Thomasson) of
Phenomenology and Philosophy of Mind (2005).
Summary
This stimulating introduction demonstrates Husserl's influence on philosophy of mind and language, on ontology and epistemology, and on philosophy of logic, mathematics and science. Essential reading for anyone interested in phenomenology, twentieth-century philosophy, and the continuing influence of this eminent philosopher.
