Husserl''s Legacy - Phenomenology, Metaphysics, and Transcendental Philosophy

Dan Zahavi presents a rich new study of the philosophy of Edmund Husserl, the founder of phenomenology. What kind of philosophical project was Husserl engaged in? What is ultimately at stake in so-called phenomenological analyses? In this volume Zahavi makes it clear why Husserl had such a decisive influence on 20th-century philosophy.

List of contents

• Introduction: Husserl's legacy


• 1: Introspection and reflection


• 2: Metaphysical neutrality


• 3: The transcendental turn


• 4: Internalism, externalism, and transcendental idealism


• 5: The naturalist challenge


• 6: Real realism

About the author

Dan Zahavi is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Center for Subjectivity Research at the University of Copenhagen. He is author and editor of more than 25 volumes including Husserl's Phenomenology (Stanford 2003), Subjectivity and Selfhood (MIT Press 2005), The Phenomenological Mind (with Shaun Gallagher, Routledge 2008/2012), and most recently Self and Other (OUP 2014). His work has been translated into more than 25 languages. He is co-editor in chief of the journal Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences, and recently edited The Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Phenomenology (OUP 2012).

Summary

Dan Zahavi presents a rich new study of the philosophy of Edmund Husserl, the founder of phenomenology. What kind of philosophical project was Husserl engaged in? What is ultimately at stake in so-called phenomenological analyses? In this volume Zahavi makes it clear why Husserl had such a decisive influence on 20th-century philosophy.

Product details

• Authors: Dan Zahavi, Dan (University of Copenhagen) Zahavi, Zahavi Dan
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.11.2019
• EAN: 9780198852179
• ISBN: 978-0-19-885217-9
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Western philosophy from c 1800, Phenomenology & Existentialism, Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -, Phenomenology and Existentialism