Routledge philosophy guidebook to Husserl and the Cartesian meditations / A.D. Smith.

A comprehensive introduction to Husserlian phenomenology. Smith introduces and assesses the key concepts that arise in the text in a clear and engaging way. A highly accessible introduction to the Cartesian Meditations.

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Online Access: Full Text (via EBSCO)
Main Author: Smith, A. D. (Arthur David)
Other title:Husserl and the Cartesian meditations.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.
Series:Routledge philosophy guidebooks.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. First meditation
  • The epochĂ© and the transcendental reduction
  • The constitution of objects
  • Transcendental phenomenology and psychology
  • Evidenz and intuition
  • 'The Cartesian way'
  • 2. Second meditation
  • Intentionality
  • The concept of horizon
  • 'Sensualism' and the sense-datum theory
  • Time-consciousness and HylĂ©
  • Intentional analysis
  • 3. (Most of the) fourth meditation
  • Ego, person, monad
  • Static and genetic phenomenology
  • Active and passive synthesis
  • Eidetic phenomenology and the nature of thought
  • Founding
  • Transcendental instincts and 'drive-intentionality'
  • 4. Third meditation and part of the fourth
  • Reality and reason
  • World
  • Reality as an 'idea'
  • Reality and objectivity
  • Husserl's idealism
  • A Husserlian proof of idealism
  • Theoretical science and the life-world
  • Husserl's metaphysics
  • 5. Fifth meditation
  • The sphere of ownness
  • The body
  • Empathy
  • Intersubjectivity
  • Empathy : the wider picture
  • The status and scope of Husserl's account of empathy.