Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction: opening exercises; 1 Husserl and the project of pure phenomenology; 2 Heidegger and the existential turn; 3 Sartre and subjectivity; 4 Merleau-Ponty and the phenomenology of embodiment; 5 Problems and prospects: phenomenology and its critics; Questions for discussion and revision; Further reading; References; Index.
Summary
""Understanding Phenomenology"" provides a guide to one of the most important schools of thought in modern philosophy. The book traces phenomenology's historical development, beginning with its founder, Edmund Husserl and his ""pure"" or ""transcendental"" phenomenology, and continuing with the later, ""existential"" phenomenology of Martin Heidegger, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Maurice Merleau-Ponty. The book also assesses later, critical responses to phenomenology - from Derrida to Dennett - as well as the continued significance of phenomenology for philosophy today. Written for anyone coming to page
