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Book SynopsisMagnus Englander is Associate Professor in the Department of Social Work at Malmö University, Sweden and Faculty Member in the Department of Humanistic and Clinical Psychology, Saybrook University, USA. He also serves as the Book Review Editor for the Journal of Phenomenological Psychology. Trade ReviewContributors include clinicians and scholars from the US and northern Europe; their varied perspectives provide a multifaceted view of the contributions phenomenological approaches can make to psychological research … Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students, researchers, and faculty. * CHOICE *This is a scholarly and thought provoking book, written by philosophically sophisticated contributors, that provides an appealing vision of psychiatry that takes seriously the social dimension of human existence. It includes several chapters that have direct clinical relevance. I believe that it would interest a broad range of readers and scholars, especially in psychology and philosophy. -- Steen Halling, Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychology, Seattle University, USATable of ContentsIntroduction: Magnus Englander Towards a Phenomenological Social Psychiatry Chapter 1: Larry Davidson Transcendental Intersubjectivity as the Foundation for a Phenomenological Social Psychiatry Chapter 2: Mads Gram Henriksen Schizophrenia, Psychosis, and Empathy Chapter 3: Magnus Englander Empathy in a Social Psychiatry Chapter 4: Scott D. Churchill On the Empathic Mode of Intuition: A Phenomenological Foundation for Social Psychiatry Chapter 5: Frederick J. Wertz, Miraj U. Desai, Emily Maynard, Justin R. Misurell, Mary Beth Morrissey, Batya Rotter, Nicoletta C. Skoufalos Research Methods for Person-Centered Health Science: Fordham Studies of Suffering and Transcendence Chapter 6: Idun Røseth & Rob Bongaardt A Phenomenological Understanding of Postpartum Depression and its Treatment Chapter 7: Samuel Thoma & Thomas Fuchs A Phenomenology of Sensus Communis: Outline of a Phenomenological Approach to Social Psychiatry Chapter 8: Susi Ferrarello Husserl's Ethics and Psychiatry Chapter 9: Marc Applebaum The I and the We: Psychological Reflections on Husserl’s Egology Index

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Book SynopsisIf in its simplest form, hermeneutics is a quest for understanding, then part of that quest will always include striving to understand being and the meaning of being. This open access book takes that ambition seriously, arguing that hermeneutics and metaphysics, so central to philosophical thought but so rarely put in tandem, are two complementary fundamentals of human existence.Metaphysical Hermeneutics puts forward the argument for a hermeneutical metaphysics in service of philosophy's basic aim: to make sense of our experience. Jean Grondin builds his argument for this combined discipline around the idea of sense' a theme that is both hermeneutical and metaphysical. What we seek to glimpse is not just a figment of the mind but always the meaning of something. Grondin calls on one of the founding figures of contemporary hermeneutics Hans-Georg Gadamer to test his theories, singling out the metaphysical dimension of Gadamer's ideas and questioni

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Book SynopsisJay Goulding's Daoist Phenomenology represents a lifelong project of interpolating the works of Martin Heidegger with the interweavings of Daoism and Zen. Illustrating styles of reading complex texts from Europe and East Asia, Goulding moves away from horizontal reading of simple comparisons on a single plain to vertical reading as a deep dive of ideas into ancient worlds. Vertical Reading is hermeneutic strategy that captures the depth of connection between phenomenology and Daoism, especially Heidegger and classical Daoists Laozi and Zhuangzi. His method reveals Daoist implications of Dogen's Zen and draws on writing and ideas from popular culture including Jules Verne, H. P. Lovecraft, Philip K. Dick, George Lucas' Star Wars universe and martial artist Bruce Lee. Original and wide-ranging, Goulding's interconnected approach to phenomenology and Daoism enhances and promotes further intercultural dialogues between two great traditions in world philosophies.

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Book SynopsisI. Teil Sinn der Urteilstheorien.- Reine Logik und Urteilstheorie.- Reine Grammatik und Urteilstheorie.- Erkenntnistheorie und Logik.- Erkenntnistheorie und Psychologie.- Phänomenologie als Wesenslehre des Bewusstseins.- II. Teil Grundlegung zu einer allgemeinen phänomenologie des urteils.- Ausdruck und Bedeutung.- Bedeutung und bedeutungverleihende Akte.- Bedeutungsintention und Bedeutungserfüllung.- Aktqualität und Aktmaterie.- Brentanos Satz von der Vorstellungsgrundlage.- Bloße Vorstellung und Urteil.- Der Begriff der Urteilsmaterie.- Vorstellungsinhalt und Urteilsinhalt.- Prädikative Urteile.- Nominale und propositionale Repräsentationen.- Impression und Idee.- Urteil und Wahrnehmung.- Zur Lehre von den Urteilsformen.- Nachweis der Originalseiten.- Namenregister.Table of ContentsEinleitung der Herausgeberin. Urteilstheorie: Vorlesung 1905. I. Teil: Sinn der Urteilstheorien. Reine Logik und Urteilstheorie. Reine Grammatik und Urteilstheorie. Erkenntnistheorie und Logik. Erkenntnistheorie und Psychologie. Phänomenologie als Wesenslehre des Bewusstseins. II. Teil: Grundlegung zu einer allgemeinen Phänomenologie des Urteils. Ausdruck und Bedeutung. Bedeutung und bedeutungverleihende Akte. Bedeutungsintention und Bedeutungserfüllung. Aktqualität und Aktmaterie. Brentanos Satz von der Vorstellungsgrundlage. Bloße Vorstellung und Urteil. Der Begriff der Urteilsmaterie. Vorstellungsinhalt und Urteilsinhalt. Prädikative Urteile. Nominale und propositionale Repräsentationen. Impression und Idee. Urteil und Wahrnehmung. Zur Lehre von den Urteilsformen. Nachweis der Originalseiten. Namenregister.

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Book SynopsisIn this addition to the Collège de France Lecture Series Michel Foucault explores the birth of psychiatry, examining Western society's division of 'mad' and 'sane' and how medicine and law influenced these attitudes. This seminal new work by a leading thinker of the modern age opens new vistas within historical and philosophical study.Table of ContentsForeword Introduction Translator's Note 7 November 1973 14 November 1973 21 November 1973 28 November 1973 5 December 1973 12 December 1973 19 December 1973 9 January 1974 16 January 1974 23 January 1974 30 January 1974 6 February 1974 Course Summary Course Context Index of Notions Index of Names Index of Places

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Book SynopsisD.Trade ReviewThis is a serious and important book... it is certainly one that researchers, scholars and anyone involved in trying to explain the nature of psychiatric disorders to a skeptical audience ought to read. British Journal of Psychiatry This book asks the right questions, and sends us in the right direction. -- S. Nassir Ghaemi, M.D., M.A., M.P.H. Metapsychology A good collection of papers... Will be of most interest to specialists in the area of philosophy of psychiatry (and to philosophers of mind and psychology) -- Rachel Cooper Metapsychology Kendler and Parnas undertake this exploration in a readable, cogent manner in Philosophical Issues in Psychiatry... The authors go to great lengths to ensure that the book is accessible for those with a limited background in philosophy. -- Geoffrey Neimark, M.D. American Journal of PsychiatryTable of ContentsList of ContributorsPrefaceIntroduction. Why Does Psychiatry Need Philosophy?Part I: Explanation Chapter 1.Explaining Complex BehaviorChapter 2. Etiological Models in Psychiatry: Reductive and Nonreductive ApproachesChapter 3. Levels of Explanation in PsychiatryChapter 4. Cause and Explanation in Psychiatry: An Interventionist PerspectiveChapter 5. Causation in PsychiatryPart II: PhenomenologyChapter 6. Varieties of "Phenomenology": On Description, Understanding, and Explanation in PsychiatryChapter 7. Self-agency and Mental CausalityPart III: NosologyChapter 8. Real Kinds but No True Taxonomy: An Essay in Psychiatric SystematicsChapter 9. The Incredible Insecurity of Psychiatric NosologyEpilogueIndex

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Book SynopsisJules Simon is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Center for Science, Technology, Ethics, and Policy at the University of Texas at El Paso, USA. He is the co-editor of The Double Binds of Ethics after the Holocaust: Salvaging the Fragments (Palgrave MacMillan Press, 2009). Professor Simon is on the editorial board and works as book editor for the Rosenzweig Jahrbuch/Yearbook.Trade Review"Art and Responsibility is a sophisticated exploration of the ethical implications of the aesthetic and the aesthetic implications of the ethical. Simon explores this topic through a phenomenological investigation of the thought of Heidegger and Rosenzweig. Instead of producing an intellectual history of these thinkers, the author seeks to elicit the ethical repercussions of their philosophies of art through careful philological-textual analysis of their dense writings. The juxtaposition of these two seminal German thinkers has engendered a fascinating study that undoubtedly will provoke lively discussion and debate in the years to come." --Elliot R. Wolfson, Abraham Lieberman Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, New York University, USATable of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Mask of Mephistopheles 2. Renewing Narrations or Chaos in Creation 3. Rosenzweig's Midrash as Philosophy of Language 4. The Messianic Aesthetic 5. Heidegger's Hammer: from the Workshop to the Work of Art 6. Turning through Phenomenology to Art and Ethos 7. Philosophy, Poetry, and the Absent God: Final Words Bibliography

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Book SynopsisDonald A. Landes is Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Concordia University, Montréal, Quèbec, Canada. He is translator of Merleau-Ponty's Phenomenology of Perception (2012) and author of Merleau-Ponty and the Paradoxes of Expression (2013).Trade ReviewOne of our best Merleau-Ponty scholars, Don Landes has written an invaluable book. The Merleau-Ponty Dictionary provides concise definitions and insightful elaborations of virtually all of Merleau-Ponty’s thematic and operative terms. It also provides useful summaries of Merleau-Ponty’s most important books and articles. The Merleau-Ponty Dictionary is essential reading for anyone working on Merleau-Ponty today. -- Leonard Lawlor, Sparks Professor of Philosophy, Penn State UniversityFrom the bright undergraduate first-time reader of Merleau-Ponty to the seasoned graduate student and senior scholar, all will find valuable discoveries in this clear, concise, and comprehensive dictionary. Landes has given us a lucid biography, bibliography, and A-Z account of Merleau-Ponty’s philosophical and psychological vocabulary and the vocabulary of phenomenology itself, as well as insightful analyses of Merleau-Ponty's key texts. This handbook will find its place in my Merleau-Ponty seminars. -- Galen Johnson, General Secretary of the International Merleau-Ponty Circle and Professor and Chair of Philosophy, University of Rhode Island, USAA richly enabling resource. The Merleau-Ponty Dictionary offers a chronology of Merleau-Ponty’s life and works, synopses of his texts, and entries on key concepts, technical terms and historical influences. Pithy, insightful and nuanced, the entries in the dictionary provide an intelligent orientation to Merleau-Ponty’s work, and diverse resources for thinking one’s way further into the issues at play. -- Kym Maclaren, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Ryerson University, CanadaTable of ContentsAbbreviations of Primary Works by Merleau-Ponty Cited in this Dictionary Introduction: Maurice Merleau-Ponty Acknowledgments Chronology: Merleau-Ponty's Life and Works Merleau-Ponty, A-Z Suggested Books and Edited Volumes in English Endnotes Index

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Book SynopsisPresents an introduction to the phenomenology of religion. This book describes the historical background to phenomenology by tracing its roots to developments in philosophy and the social sciences in the early twentieth century.Trade Review"James Cox's Introduction to the Phenomenology of Religion offers a rich and important introduction to the theory and practice of the academic study of religion. Its discussion of definitions of religion and the relationship between believing and doing religion should be read by everyone interested in religion." - Graham Harvey, The Open University, UK"This is a clearly written, newly updated and extended introduction to how phenomenology of religion can be located within the history of the study of religions from some of the foundational thinkers to the contemporary cognitive science of religion. Cox is not just a theorist but shows how good method can be put into practice and ends his chapters with focused questions for discussion which are stimulating for student and tutor alike. What is unique about the volume is its careful exploration of how to engage in the practice of phenomenology. This attention to practical application of a method, which is explained in stages, is then also illustrated with precise case studies from African religious traditions drawn from the investigations of students with whom Cox worked at the University of Zimbabwe. It deserves to be on the book list of every undergraduate course on the study of religions." - Peggy Morgan, University of Oxford, UK"This book provides a lively and authoritative introduction to phenomenological methods for studying religion, written in a clear and lucid style by a leading exponent. Both theoretically alert and practical to use, it is enhanced by the author's extensive experience of teaching and research across three continents." - Steven Sutcliffe, University of Edinburgh, UK"Expressing the Sacred: An Introduction to the Phenomenology of Religion was published in 1992 by the University of Zimbabwe Publications in Harare, and in a second edition in 1996. Here Cox has thoroughly revised and updated the information, retaining the informal style that beginners appreciated. The textbook introduces students to the academic study of religious communities from the perspective of phenomenology, which he believes maintains an essential place in the discipline despite the attacks on it over the past two or three decades. Among his topics are defining religion, stages in the phenomenological method, myths and rituals, religious practitioners and art, and the special case of belief." -Eithne O'Leyne, BOOK NEWS, Inc.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Part I: The Phenomenology of Religion; 1. Religion and phenomenology; 2. The phenomenology of religion; 3. Why did the phenomenology of religion develop; 4. The phenomenological method illustrated; Part II: The Phenomena; 5. Myths and rituals; 6. Sacred practitioners and art; 7. Scripture and morality; 8. The special case of belief; Part III: Towards the Meaning of Religion; 9. The sacred and the unrestricted value; 10. The eidetic intuition: seeing into the meaning of religion; Bibliography.

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Book SynopsisBrings St Thomas Aquinas and Martin Heidegger into dialogue and argues for the necessity of Christian philosophy. Through the confrontation of Heideggerian and Thomist thought, this title offers an original and comprehensive rethinking of the nature of temporality and the origins of metaphysical inquiry.Trade Review"I am unaware of any previous successful attempt to confront Heidegger's massive critique of metaphysics at such depth and range. Dr Smith-Gilson's conception of the four-fold intentional presupposition at the heart of metaphysics is an original conception of great merit and her work will be of immense interest to scholars of Heidegger, St Thomas, and well as to epistemologists and metaphysicians across a wide spectrum." (Prof. Juan Andres Mercado, Associate Professor of Modern Philosophy, The Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Rome, Italy.) "This work gives a needed voice to the still-true and still misunderstood pre-modern understanding of man, world, being, and God. Where the earlier Thomistic revivals confronted modernity by employing scholastic terminology to restate its vision, Dr. Smith-Gilson's work of retrieval confronts, at the highest intellectual level, modernity and especially its phenomenological presentation, with the words of philosophy simpliciter. This work is an apologia for the Thomistic vision of man, God, and being which is not itself apologetic or defensive. This is a profound and difficult work, but one that richly rewards the reader who gives himself to its mediation." (Herb E. Hartmann, Professor of Philosophy, Southern Catholic College, GA, USA) "The confrontation between Classical and Heideggerian understanding of Being shows Smith Gilson's superb capacity to get into the mind of philosophers of different schools of thinking and mastering their philosophical language. With great balance, this book neither merges the two in some facile reconciliation, nor makes Heidegger a straw man with which to beat modernity in favor of a 13th century theology, but highlights the similarities and differences of their conceptual frameworks, without getting stuck in terminological equivocalness. The reader will find in these rich and dense pages a sound and substantial dialog between Heidegger's philosophical standpoint and medieval metaphysics." (Prof. Francisco Fernandez Labastida, Pontificia Universita della Santa Croce, Italy)"Table of ContentsIntroduction; Chapter I Parmenides, Plato & Aristotle - An Ontological Tracing Of Intentional Being-In-The-World; Tracing I How The Deity Entered Philosophy; Tracing II Plato's Parmenides; Tracing III Aristotle's De Anima; Chapter II St. Thomas Aquinas & Classical Intentionality; A. Introduction; B. Aristotle's Critique Of Earlier First Principles; C. An Account Of The Ananke Stenai; D. Concluding Remarks: An Overview Of Aristotle's Intentional Ground And Its Onto-Epistemological Method; Chapter III The Four-Fold Reversals: The Displacement Of Being-In-The-World; A. A Brief Discursus On Heidegger's Husserlian Influence; B. Heidegger's Commentary On The Critique Of Pure Reason; C. Finitude: Nullity Or No-Thing?; D. St. Thomas' Prima Via- A Brief Discursus On The Ananke Stenai; Chapter IV The Four-Fold Intensities; A. The Necessity Of The Causal Structure; B. The Wait And Christian Philosophy; C. Intentional Presence Qua Finitude; D. Summation Of Finitude: Revisiting The Wait; E. The Aeviternal Structure Of The Intentional Presence; F. Conclusion: The Plenitude Of The Ananke Stenai; Chapter V Tragedy In The Christian Philosophic Vision; Brief Conclusive Remarks; Bibliography - Primary Sources; Bibliography - Secondary Sources.

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Book SynopsisThe Bloomsbury Companion to Existentialism is the definitive guide to this key area of modern European philosophy. Now available in paperback, the book covers the fundamental questions asked by existentialism, providing valuable guidance for students and researchers to some of the many important and enduring contributions of existentialist thinkers. Chapters from an international team of experts explore existentialism''s relationship to philosophical method; ontology; politics; psychoanalysis; ethics; religion; literature; emotion; feminism and sexuality; emotions; authenticity and the self; its significance in Latin American culture; and its contribution to the development of post-structuralism and cognitive science. In addition, five short chapters summarize the status of canonical figures Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Sartre and de Beauvoir, delineating the historical approach to their work, while pointing to new directions contemporary research is now taking. FeaturingTrade ReviewAn exceptionally fruitful addition to the Continuum Companions, this volume on Existentialism gathers together an impressive range of scholars on a wide variety of research areas ranging through the philosophical, the psychoanalytic, the historical, the religious, and the literary to contemporary cognitive science and politics. Highly recommended for students and academics alike. -- Christina Howells, Professor of French, University of Oxford, UK ...this book is a clear achievement and stands out as a key reference and guide for all with an interest in existentialism as a whole or in individual existentialist thinkers. Its depth is encyclopaedic and impressive and its perspective is all at once retrospective, current and forward-looking. -- Sartre Studies InternationalThis is a welcome addition to the set of philosophy "companion" books dominated by Oxford, Cambridge, and Wiley-Blackwell. Besides the main section by contemporary scholars on current research and issues in existentialism, the editors provide sections on new directions in existentialism and recent developments in scholarship on Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Sartre, and Simone de Beauvoir. Also included are a glossary of terms; a chronology of key events in the history of existentialism; research resources including websites, institutions, journals and societies; and an annotated guide to further readings for each of the main existential philosophers. These features add scope and depth that set this book apart from others written for novices. Readers get a comprehensive introduction to existentialism. * CHOICE Magazine *This volume is an important addition to research on existentialism and it provides a comprehensive overview of its history, its impact, and the likely areas for its continuing influence. It is a very useful collection for researchers in existentialism, as well as for undergraduate students. -- Simon Lumsden, University of New South Wales, Australia * Australasian Journal of Philosophy *The spirit of this Companion is that of advocate, teacher and muse, to those drawn to existentialism but unable to fully formulate the continuing relevance and importance of this school of thought. Pierre Hadot's What is Ancient Philosophy? strove to make ancient philosophy a wise and fruitful field around which to build a career and life; so, too, this Companion makes the case for the wisdom of existentialism. -- Notre Dame Philosophical ReviewsTable of ContentsContributors 1. Introduction Felicity Joseph, Jack Reynolds and Ashley Woodward (University of Melbourne, La Trobe University and Melbourne School of Continental Philosophy, Australia) 2. Existentialism, Phenomenology and Philosophical Method Felicity Joseph and Jack Reynolds (University of Melbourne and La Trobe University, Australia) Part I: Current Research and Issues 3. Existentialism, Metaphysics and Ontology Christian Onof (Birkbeck College, University of London, UK) 4. Existentialism and Politics David Sherman (University of Montana, USA) 5. Existentialism, Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy Douglas Kirsner (Deakin University, Australia) 6. Existentialism and Ethics Debra Bergoffen (George Mason University, USA) 7. Existentialism and Religion George Pattison (University of Oxford, UK) 8. Existentialism and Literature Colin Davis (Royal Holloway College, University of London, UK) 9. Existentialism, Feminism and Sexuality Marguerite La Caze (University of Queensland, Australia) 10. Existentialism and the Emotions Suzanne L. Cataldi (Southern Illinois University, USA) 11. Existentialism, Authenticity and the Self Christopher Macann 12. Existentialism and Latin America Roberto Domingo Toledo (Stony Brook University, USA) Part II: New Directions 13. Existentialism and Cognitive Science Michael Wheeler and Ezequiel Di Paolo (University of Stirling, UK and University of the Basque Country, Spain) 14. Existentialism and Poststructuralism: Some Unfashionable Observations Jack Reynolds and Ashley Woodward (La Trobe University and Melbourne School of Continental Philosophy, Australia) 15. Recent Developments in Scholarship on Key Existentialists I. Kierkegaard William McDonald (University of New England, USA) II. Nietzsche Keith Ansell-Pearson (University of Warwick, UK) III. Heidegger Andrew J. Mitchell (Emory University, USA) IV. Sartre Peter Gratton (University of San Diego, USA) V. De Beauvoir Laura Hengehold (Case Western Reserve University, USA) Part III: Resources 16. A–Z Glossary 17. A Chronology of Key Events, Texts and Thinkers 18. Research Resources in Existentialism 19. Annotated Guide to Further Reading Index

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