Philosophy of Edmund Husserl : A Historical Development

by J. N. Mohanty

• ISBN13: 9780300124583
• ISBN10: 0300124589
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2008-06-17
• Publisher: Yale University Press

Summary

Edmund Husserl (1859-1938), known as the founder of the phenomenological movement, was one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century. A prolific scholar, he explored an enormous landscape of philosophical subjects, including philosophy of math, logic, theory of meaning, theory of consciousness and intentionality, and ontology in addition to phenomenology. This deeply insightful book traces the development of Husserl's thought from his earliest investigations in philosophyinformed by his work as a mathematicianto his publication ofIdeasin 1913. Jitendra N. Mohanty, an internationally renowned Husserl scholar, presents a masterful study that illuminates Husserl's central concerns and provides a definitive assessment of the first phases of the philosopher's career.

Author Biography

Jitendra N. Mohanty has taught philosophy in India, the United States, and Germany, and has written several highly regarded books on Edmund Husserl. He lives in Ambler, PA.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
Anticipations: The Halle Period, 1886-1900
Toward a Philosophy of Mathematics	p. 3
Beyond the Philosophie der Arithmetik	p. 21
Breaking Through the Brentanian Circle	p. 41
The Refutation of Psychologism and Pure Logic: Logical Investigations (1)	p. 62
Theory of Meaning: Logical Investigations (2)	p. 84
Husserl's Preliminary Formal Ontology: Logical Investigations (3)	p. 110
Theory of Consciousness and Intentionality: Logical Investigations (4)	p. 126
Phenomenology of Knowledge: Logical Investigations (5)	p. 152
On the Unity of the Investigations: Logical Investigations (6): Concluding Observations	p. 173
Breakthrough to Transcendental Phenomenology: The Gottingen Period, 1901-1916
From Logical Investigations to Ideas, 1901-1913	p. 185
Phenomenology and Theory of Knowledge Revisited	p. 211
Lectures on Theory of Meaning (1908)	p. 224
The Time-Consciousness Texts, 1893-1911	p. 242
Toward a Phenomenology of Intersubjectivity	p. 278
Lectures on Ethics and Theory of Values	p. 288
Phantasy, Picture-Consciousness, Memory, and Aesthetic Consciousness	p. 306
Facts and Essence: Ideas I (1)	p. 318
Natural Standpoint and Epoche: Ideas I (2)	p. 341
Structure of Consciousness: Ideas I (3)	p. 362
Truth and Reason: Ideas I (4)	p. 387
Husserl's Conception of Philosophy	p. 397
The End of the Gottingen Period: On to the Black Forest	p. 402
Notes	p. 405
Index	p. 437
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