Introduction to Phenomenology

by Robert Sokolowski

• ISBN13: 9780521667920
• ISBN10: 0521667925
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781139636445
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-10-28
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Summary

This book presents the major philosophical doctrines of phenomenology in a clear, lively style with an abundance of examples. The book examines such phenomena as perception, pictures, imagination, memory, language, and reference, and shows how human thinking arises from experience. It also studies personal identity as established through time and discusses the nature of philosophy. In addition to providing a new interpretation of the correspondence theory of truth, the author also explains how phenomenology differs from both modern and postmodern forms of thinking.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	1	(7)
What is Intentionality, and Why is it Important?	8	(9)
Perception of a Cube as a Paradigm of Conscious Experience	17	(5)
Three Formal Structures in Phenomenology	22	(20)
An Initial Statement of What Phenomenology is	42	(24)
Perception, Memory, and Imagination	66	(11)
Words, Pictures, and Symbols	77	(11)
Categorial Intentions and Objects	88	(24)
Phenomenology of the Self	112	(18)
Temporality	130	(16)
The Life World and Intersubjectivity	146	(10)
Reason, Truth, and Evidence	156	(21)
Eidetic Intuition	177	(8)
Phenomenology Defined	185	(13)
Phenomenology in the Present Historical Context	198	(13)
Appendix: Phenomenology in the Last One Hundred Years	211	(17)
Select Bibliography	228	(4)
Index	232