Explorations in Western Philosophy Essays by J.N. Mohanty Volume 2

by Mohanty, J. N.; Gupta, Bina

• ISBN13: 9780195650860
• ISBN10: 0195650867
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-05-17
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This collection provides insights into J.N. Mohanty's vision of phenomenology, and of Husserl's ideas in particular. It contains lucid and critical discussion of some of the central issues which form the foundation of Husserlian transcendental phenomenology, and will be of immense relevance to those who wish to pursue phenomenology from a cross-cultural perspective.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Editor's Introduction	ix
Author's Prologue	xxxix
PART I
Husserl's Concept of Intentionality	3	(33)
Can Intentionality be Explained Away?	36	(8)
On Husserl's Theory of Meaning	44	(17)
Husserl and Frege: A New Look at their Relationship	61	(12)
The Relevance of Husserl Today	73	(14)
Husserl on Relativism in the Late Manuscripts	87	(9)
Time: Linear or Cyclic, and Husserl's Phenomenology of Inner Time Consciousness	96	(9)
Levels of Understanding Intentionality	105	(18)
Intentions of Intentionality: 20 Theses	123	(2)
Kant and Husserl	125	(16)
PART II
The System and the Phenomena: The Kant-Interpretations of Nicolai Hartmann and P.F. Strawson	141	(18)
Phenomenology and History	159	(13)
Some Thoughts on Time, History, and Flux	172	(7)
Phenomenology of Religion and Human Purpose	179	(19)
What is Special About Phenomenology of Religion	198	(11)
Religion and the Sacred	209	(4)
Phenomenology and Psychology	213	(13)
Remarks on Wilfrid Sellars' Paper on Perceptual Consciousness	226	(10)
Thoughts on the Concept of `World'	236	(8)
On Philosophical Description	244	(15)
A Case for Idealism	259	(12)
Index	271