Phenomenology and Existentialism Books

Book SynopsisMaurice Merleau-Ponty (19081961) is well known for his work in phenomenology, but his lectures in child psychology and pedagogy have received little attention. The Child as Natural Phenomenologist summarises Merleau-Ponty's work in child psychology, shows its relationship to his philosophical work, and argues for its continued relevance in contemporary theory and practice.Table of ContentsTable of Contents Preface A philosopher who is willing to observe The child as natural phenomenologist Chapter One: Early Work in Child Psychology Consciousness and action Nascent perception Development Chapter Two: Phenomenology, Gestalt theory, and Psychoanalysis Phenomenology Gestalt theory Psychoanalysis Chapter Three: Syncretic Sociability and the Birth of the Self Syncretic sociability The birth of self and other-awareness Chapter Four: Contemporary Research in Psychology and Phenomenology Neonatal imitation Theory of mind Interaction theory and dialogical relatedness Chapter Five: Exploration and Learning Magic and scientific thinking Child Drawing and adult oculocentrism Chapter Six: Culture, Development, and Gender Development and the case of menstruation Pregnancy and gender Contemporary feminist views Conclusion: An incomparable childhood References Notes Index

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Book SynopsisProvides a comprehensive and critical account of Hans-Georg Gadamer's hermeneutical philosophy. Robert Dostal defends Gadamer against charges of linguistic idealism and emphasizes language's relationship to understanding, though he criticizes Gadamer for too often ignoring the role of the prelinguistic in our experience.Trade ReviewRobert J. Dostal has written an illuminating and compelling book on one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century. He covers all the major topics in Gadamer’s work, providing not just clear and sensitive commentary, but a vigorous defense of Gadamer against both criticisms and misinterpretations. The book is destined to be a watershed in our understanding of hermeneutics as philosophy, as well as of Gadamer, especially his ‘civic humanism’ and his differences with his controversial teacher, Heidegger." —Robert B. Pippin, author of Philosophy by Other Means: The Arts in Philosophy and Philosophy in the Arts"The ripe fruit of a diligent, life-long dialogue with Gadamer, which began in 1969, this clearly written book succeeds in bringing out the civic humanism of Gadamer’s philosophy, its intellectual roots and its relevance for our times." —Jean Grondin, author of Hans-Georg Gadamer: A Biography"A tour de force! In this comprehensive study Dostal not only let us see how Gadamer was inspired by Heidegger, but also where their differences—philosophical and political—lie. He also sets Gadamer’s reappropriation of Plato and Aristotle, his aesthetics, and understanding of the central role of 'the word' in the context of contemporary discussions of language and phenomenology." —Catherine Zuckert, author of Postmodern Platos: Nietzsche, Heidegger, Gadamer, Strauss, DerridaTable of Contents Acknowledgements Preface 1. Gadamers’s Ambivalence Toward the Enlightenment Project 2. Humanism and Politics: Gadamer’s Humanism in the Face of Heidegger’s Anti-humanism 3. Saving Plato from Platonism 4. From Bildung to Bild: Gadamer’s Aesthetics 5. Language and Understanding 6. Hermeneutics and Science 7. Between Phenomenology and Dialectic 8. Concluding Remarks: The Conversation that We Are—Solidarity Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisDespite the wide reception Gilles Deleuze has received across the humanities, research on his early work has remained scant. Experience and Empiricism remedies that gap with a detailed study of Deleuze's first book, Empiricism and Subjectivity, which is devoted to the philosophical project of David Hume.Table of Contents Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1: Jean Wahl and the Problem of Transcendence Chapter 2: Koyré’s Hegel and Wahl’s Kierkegaard Chapter 3: Hyppolite and the Promise of Immanence Chapter 4: Splinterings: World War II and its Aftermath Chapter 5: Empiricism Between Immanence and Transcendence Chapter 6: Hume, Empiricism, and the Priority of the Practical Chapter 7: Empiricism Vindicated Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisNew readings of Ralph Waldo Emerson that reclaim his work for philosophy.Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments Introduction Branka Arsi and Cary Wolfe I. Rethinking Subjectivity 1. The Way of Life by Abandonment: Emerson's Impersonal Sharon Cameron 2. Paths of Coherence through Emerson's Philosophy: The Case of "Nominalist and Realist" Russell B. Goodman 3. Brain Walks: Emerson on Thinking Branka Arsi II. Rethinking the Political 4. The Guano of History Eduardo Cadava 5. "Experience," Anti-Slavery, and the Crisis of Emersonianism Donald E. Pease 6. Reading Emerson, In Other Times: On a Politics of Solitude and an Ethics of Risk Eric Keenaghan 7. Emerson, Skepticism, and Politics Sandra Laugier III. Rethinking Philosophy 8. Emerson, or Man Thinking Gregg Lambert 9. Emerson's Adjacencies: Radical Empiricism in Nature Paul Grimstad 10. "The Eye is the First Circle": Emerson's "Romanticism," Cavell's Skepticism, Luhmann's Modernity Cary Wolfe Afterword Stanley Cavell Contributors Index

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Book Synopsis'Astonishing' Herald, Books of the Year'Sublime' Irish Times, Book of the Year'Wonderful' Guardian, Books of the YearDuring a sweltering South American summer, a family convenes for dinner at a restaurant. Midway through the meal, Carlos disappears. An experienced, semi-retired inspector takes the case, but what should be a routine investigation becomes something strange, intangible, even sinister. The corporation for which Carlos worked seems to serve no purpose; the staff talk of their missing colleague's alarming, shifting physical symptoms; a forensic scientist uncovers evidence of curious abnormalities in the thriving microorganisms that shared Carlos's body. As the inspector relives and retraces the missing man's footsteps, the trail leads him away from the city sprawl and deep into the country's rainforest interior, where he encounters both horror and wonder.Trade ReviewStunning - a totally original, surreal mystery shot through with hints of the best of César Aira, Vladimir Nabokov, Angela Carter, and Julio Cortázar. Smart, clever, and honest. I doubt you've read anything quite like it. -- Jeff VanderMeer, author of The Southern Reach trilogyWeird, wonderful, totally indefinable * Guardian, Books of the Year *Sublime * Irish Times, Books of the Year *Astonishing * Herald, Books of the Year *An electrifying piece of work: strange, terrifying, riveting, and written with scintillating intelligence. In its thinking about the porosity between the human and the non-human, it stands shoulder-to-shoulder with Ballard, Lem, VanderMeer, Tom McCarthy -- Neel Mukherjee, author of The Lives of OthersThis is the work of a most singular and inventive mind, matched by writing with real flair and clarity. It is a book alive with ideas and cock-eyed intelligence, brimming with passages of genuine brilliance. Infinite Ground does that magical thing that only the very best novels do: it makes you see the world afresh. Dazzling stuff -- Graeme Macrae Burnet, author of His Bloody ProjectStrange, haunting, dislocating -- Ian Rankin, author of the Rebus seriesBrimming with strong, startling ideas... A curious and often remarkable book * Literary Review *A novel of intelligence, grace, cunning and warped imagination, one that melds and sometimes clashes styles and influences to create something original and unsettling. It is a bravura performance, and one that announces Martin MacInnes as one of our most exciting new voices -- Stuart Evers, author of Your Father Sends his LoveLabyrinthine, beautifully written and teeming with ideas about fiction and reality that linger long in the mind... A frighteningly good debut novel -- Lee Rourke, author of Vulgar Things

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Book SynopsisFrom the frozen landscapes of the Antarctic to the haunted houses of childhood, the memory of places we experience is fundamental to a sense of self. Drawing on influences as diverse as Merleau-Ponty, Freud, and J. G. Ballard, The Memory of Place charts the memorial landscape that is written into the body and its experience of the world.Trade Review“Genuinely unique and a signal addition to phenomenological literature…. It fills a significant gap, and it does so with eloquence and force.”“Important for readers of continental philosophy in general, as well as place studies and psychology, Trigg’s work is an indispensable piece not to be overlooked.” * International Journal of Philosophical Studies *“The rewards of (The Memory of Place)…are manifold, and its contribution to the growing literature on the uncanny is undeniable…. My experience of (Trigg’s) book can be characterized in the terms that Trigg himself uses: it is one of ambivalent fascination, at once enthralled and overwhelmed.” * Rain Taxi *“This work marks a highly original contribution to the growing interdisciplinary, phenomenological informed, literature examining the nature of place. However, while drawing on phenomenology, this is by no means standard phenomenologically-informed fare. The terrain covered and position arrived at is far weirder and unsettled.” * Emotion, Space and Society *“Trigg displays an impressive knowledge of the recent literature on place, memory and the uncanny, and the book is worth the effort for those with an interest in where the concept is currently headed… . Trigg’s emphasis on Merleau-Ponty rather than Heidegger for his phenomenology is a master-stroke: Trigg skillfully deploys Merleau-Ponty’s philosophy to transcend the rigid dichotomy between subject and object and thus manages to reveal uncanniness as both a subjective experience.” * Los Angeles Review of Books *“(The Memory of Place) will be of interest to researchers in philosophy, cultural studies, architectural theory, geography, and environmental studies. Summing Up: Recommended.” * Choice *“Trigg takes readers on a subtle and nuanced tour that will intrigue philosophers and psychologists as well as students and researchers involved with any of the disciplines that intersect as ‘place studies’—including architecture, geography, urban planning, and environmental studies.” * Book News *

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Book SynopsisHusserl and Transcendental Intersubjectivity analyzes the transcendental relevance of intersubjectivity and argues that an intersubjective transformation of transcendental philosophy can already be found in phenomenology, especially in Husserl.

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Book SynopsisFrom Mastery to Mystery is an original and provocative contribution to the burgeoningfield of ecophenomenology. Informed by current debates in environmental philosophy, Bannon critiques the conception of nature as u200asubstance that he finds tacitly assumed by the major environmental theorists.Table of Contents* Acknowledgments * Abbreviations * Introduction The Question of Nature * 1 The Promise of a Common World * i. Nature and the Modern World * ii. Rejecting Naturpolitik * iii. Re-collecting the Pluriverse into a Common World * iv. Conclusion * 2 Science, Technology, and the Closure of Nature * i. Phenomenology and Subjectivism * ii. The Twofold Essence of Physis at the Inception of Philosophy * iii. The Rise of Technology and the Devastation of the Earth * iv. Conclusion * 3 The Opening of the Earth * i. Deciding against the System of Nature * ii. Ereignis and the Restoration of Nature * iii. Conclusion * 4 Merleau-Ponty and Nature as the Common World * i. The Behavior of Nature * ii. Reading the Prose of the World * iii. The Flesh of Nature * iv. A Prospect from within Nature * v. The Dialectic of Nature and History * vi. Conclusion * Conclusion * Notes * Bibliography * Index

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Book SynopsisEdmund Husserl, founder of the phenomenological movement, is usually read as an idealist in his metaphysics and an instrumentalist in his philosophy of science. In Nature's Suit, Lee Hardy argues that both views represent a serious misreading of Husserl's texts.DrawingTrade Review“Lee Hardy’s study of Husserl is an outstanding achievement. The argumentation is crisp and clear throughout, and the discussion of primary and secondary texts is lucid and detailed. Above all, he makes a very good case for an important point that is highly relevant to the current resurgence of interest in phenomenology. Against the tendency of many other interpretations, he shows how Husserl’s phenomenology is in principle compatible with a realistic understanding of modern scientific theories.”Table of Contents* Acknowledgments * Abbreviations * Introduction * 1. Husserl: Realist or Instrumentalist? * 2. Laws and Theories * 3. The Plan of This Study * Part One: Husserl's Phenomenological Philosophy of Science * 1: The Idea of Science in Husserl and the Tradition * 1. The Classical Idea of Science * 2. The Idea of Science in Husserl's Phenomenology * 3. The Problem of Empirical Science: Locke * 4. The Problem of Empirical Science: Husserl * 5. The Unity of the Empirical Sciences * 6. Explanation in the Empirical Sciences * 7. The Laws of Empirical Science * 8. Empirical Science as Science * 9. The Idealization of the Idea of Science * 10. Summary * 2: Husserl's Phenomenology and the Foundations of Science * 1. Pure Logic as a Wissenschaftslehre * 2. Regional Ontology * 3. Transcendental Consciousness as the Ground of the Sciences * 4. Phenomenology as the All-Embracing Foundational Science * Part Two: Evidence and the Positing of Existence in Husserl's Phenomenology * 3: Truth, Evidence, and Existence in Husserl's Phenomenology * 1. Knowledge, Evidence, and Truth * 2. Evidence as an Ideal Possibility * 3. The Fallibility of Occurrent Cases of Evidence * 4. Evidence and Justification * 5. The Rational Indubitability of the Principle of Evidence * 6. Summary and Transition * 4: Evidence, Rationality, and Existence in Husserl's Phenomenology * 1. Husserl's Theory of Rationality: Ideas I * 2. The Strong Formulation and Philosophical Rationality * 3. Rationality in Nontheoretical Contexts * 4. Positive Scientific Rationality * Part Three: The Problem of Theoretical Existence in Husserl's Philosophy of the Physical Sciences * 5: Physical Things, Idealized Objects, and Theoretical Entities * 1. The Physical Thing * 2. Geometry and the Physical Thing * 3. Geometry and Physical Science * 6: Consciousness, Perception, and Existence * 1. Perceptions and Existence * 2. Consciousness and Existence * 3. The "Existence-Independence" of Intentional Relations * 4. The Ontological Status of the Noema * 5. Summary * Conclusion * 1. Husserl's "Dogmatism" * 2. The "Ambiguity" of Husserl's Philosophy of Science * 3. Husserl's "Instrumentalism" * 4. Husserl's "Provisional Instrumentalism" * 5. Summary and Prospect * Notes * Bibliography * Index

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Book SynopsisThe Phenomenology of Pain is the first book-length investigation of its topic to appear in English. Groundbreaking, systematic, and illuminating, it opens a dialogue between phenomenology and such disciplines as cognitive science and cultural anthropology to argue that science alone cannot clarify the nature of pain experience without incorporating a phenomenological approach. Building on this premise, Saulius Geniusas develops a novel conception of pain grounded in phenomenological principles: pain is an aversive bodily feeling with a distinct experiential quality, which can only be given in original first-hand experience, either as a feeling-sensation or as an emotion.Geniusas crystallizes the fundamental methodological principles that underlie phenomenological research. On the basis of those principles, he offers a phenomenological clarification of the fundamental structures of pain experience and contests the common conflation of phenomenology with introspectionism. GeniusTrade Review“[A] radical and unitary attempt, newly thought through, at a methodical clarification of this crucial experience. The author’s expositions achieve a high scientific standard and display an admirable familiarity with the enormous literature on the topic, yet without ever losing sight of the phenomenon itself, and he makes himself intelligible to readers who are not specialists in phenomenology. This is certainly not a minor merit of the book…. Any future treatment of pain in a phenomenological or philosophical perspective will accordingly have to pay very serious attention to this book." * Husserl Studies *“By making phenomenology dialogical, Geniusas opens up his study to findings from disciplines other than phenomenology. Philosophers, scientists, psychologists, sociologists, and really anyone interested in pain experience can both understand and critically engage with the book. Furthermore, … [Geniusas’s] explorations of the relation between listening and treatment of pain conditions, between the life-world and pain experiences, and between the lived body and the mind shed a new light on different aspects of medical treatments.” * Journal of Phenomenological Psychology *“Geniusas convincingly substantiates his claim that phenomenology is essential to reconciling various elements of the slippery concept of pain, while also elegantly teaching the basic principles of phenomenology. By focusing on Husserl rather than Heidegger or Merleau-Ponty, who are more commonly invoked in the contemporary phenomenology of health, illness, and medicine, Geniusas allows for a more analytical approach to his subject.”“Geniusas is the first to have developed a systematic phenomenology of pain, which has never existed before the publication of this book as far as its conceptual scale and empirical base are concerned….It is also its great merit that it outlines new prospects for a dialogue between phenomenology and the positivistic sciences of pain." * Horizon: Studies in Phenomenology *

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Book SynopsisHector Neri Castaneda is recognised as the important philosophers of the late-twentieth century. This book brings together Castaneda's published and unpublished work on the nature of self and the structure of its experiences. It is aimed at those interested in the philosophy of mind, cognitive science, and artificial intelligence.Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction First-Person Reference, Tomis Kapitan Castañeda and Contemporary Continental Philosophy, James G. Hart1. He: A Study in the Logic of Self-Consciousness2. Indicators and Quasi-Indicators3. On the Phenomeno-Logic of the I4. Philosophical Method and Direct Awareness of the Self5. Self-Consciousness, Demonstrative Reference, and the Self-Ascription View of Believing6. The Self and the I-guises, Empirical and Transcendental7. First-Person Statements About the Past8. Metaphysical Internalism, Selves, and the Indivisible Noumenon (A Fregeo-Kantian Reflection on Descartes's Cogito)9. Persons, Egos, and Is: Their Sameness Relations10. I-Structures and the Reflexivity of Self-ConsciousnessReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisThe structure and key elements of Husserl's philosophy are analysed in this chronological examination of his doctrines.

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive study of Husserl's phenomenology concentrates on Husserl's emphasis on the theory of knowledge. The authors develop a synthetic overview of phenomenology and its relation to logic, mathematics, the natural and human sciences, and philosophy.Trade ReviewThis masterful volume will be the standard overview of Edmund Husserl's philosophy for at least a generation. . . . [It] simply raises Husserl scholarship to a new plateau." —Lester Embree, William F. Dietrich Eminent Scholar of Philosophy at Florida Atlantic University

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Book SynopsisAn integrated analysis of phenomenology from Husserl to Heidegger.

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Book SynopsisAt a time in which many philosophers have concluded that Husserl's philosophy is exhausted, but when the alternatives to Husserl appear to be exhausted as well, this work aims to presents an innovative approach to Husserlian phenomenology.Table of ContentsPart 1 From consciousness to world Division I - First philosophy - the problem of ego and alter ego; ""progressive"" procedure and the turn towards immanence; the absolute as facticity and the necessity of genetic analysis; the ""other"" as the theme of first philosophy; taking the fifth Division II - transcendental philosophy and the problem of world; regressive procedure; the lifeworld problematic; transcendental concepts of the lifeworld. Part 2 Normality, abnormality, and normative territories - towards a generative phenomenology: Division III - a genetic phenomenology of normality and abnormality; concordant and discordance; the normal as the optimal and optimalizing comportment; normalization and terrain; Division IV - generativity as the matter of generative phenomenology; introduction to the problematic of homeworld/alienworld; liminal experience as appropriation - making ourselves at home; liminal experience as appropriation - home economics; liminal experience as transgression; conclusion - generative phenomenology.

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Book SynopsisThis revised text covers Merleau-Ponty's early work on the philosophical significance of the human body to his later ontology of flesh. Dillon's general thesis is that he developed a genuine alternative to the ontological dualism seen in Western philosophy.

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Book SynopsisExamines key moments in the development of Merleau-Ponty's philosophy of nature while roughly following the historical sequence of his major works. This book discusses the role of reflection in Phenomenology of Perception, as it negotiates the area between nature's own 'self-unfolding' and human subjectivity.Table of ContentsList of Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction: Renewing the Philosophy of Nature; 1. Nature as Gestalt and Melody; The Structures of Behavior; Physical, Vital, and Mental Gestalts; The Problem of Perception; The Historicity of Consciousness; 2. Radical Reflection and the Resistance of Things; Perceptual dialogue and the "Natural Self"; Radical Reflection and Phenomenology; The Nature of Reflection; 3. Animality; Ontological Exceptionalism in Phenomenology; Human-Animal Intertwining; 4. The Space of Intentionality and the Orientation of Being; 5. The Human-Nature Chiasm; The Chiasm of Sentient and Sensible; Ontological Diplopia and the Phenomenological Reduction; The Duplicity of the Thing; Good Error and the Expression of Nature.

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Book SynopsisTime and the Shared World challenges the common view that Heidegger offers few resources for understanding humanity's social nature. The book demonstrates that Heidegger's reformulation of traditional notions of subjectivity has wide-ranging implications for understanding the nature of human relationships. Contrary to entrenched critiques, Irene McMullin shows that Heidegger's characterisation of selfhood as fundamentally social presupposes the responsive acknowledgment of each person's particularity and otherness. In doing so, McMullin argues that Heidegger's work on the social nature of the self must be located within a philosophical continuum that builds on Kant and Husserl's work regarding the nature of the a priori and the fundamental structures of human temporality, while also pointing forward to developments of these themes to be found in Heidegger's later work and in such thinkers as Sartre and Levinas. By developing unrecognised resources in Heidegger's work, Time and the Shar

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Book SynopsisBuilds on the philosophical theory of persons begun in Phenomenology and Mysticism and marks a new stage of phenomenology. Moral Emotions offers a systematic account of the moral emotions, described here as pride, shame, and guilt as emotions of self-given's; repentance, hope, and despair as emotions of possibility; and trusting, loving, and humility as emotions of otherness.

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Book SynopsisMichel Henry defends the illuminating thesis that Incarnation is not existence in a body, but existence in the flesh. It is not in a body that flesh appears originally, but being in the flesh that comes first. For only in flesh can one see or touch, feel joy or sorrow, hunger or thirstâand undergo each of these impressions as oneâs own.

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Book SynopsisShows how the philosophy of Maurice Merleau-Ponty, from its very beginnings, seeks to find sense or meaning within nature, and how this quest calls for and develops into a radically new ontology. This makes key issues in Merleau-Ponty's philosophy clear and accessible to a broad audience while also advancing original philosophical conclusions.

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Book SynopsisFirst published in German in 1917, this book contains the Austrian philosopher Alexius Meinong's clearest and most-developed account of the emotions and their relation to values. Meinong argues that values are given in and through emotions but are also ontologically independent of these emotions or any subjective attitude.

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Book SynopsisMax Scheler's Cognition and Work first appeared in German in 1926, just two years before his death. The first part of the book offers one of the earliest critical analyses of American pragmatism. The second part of the work contains Scheler's phenomenological account of perception and the experience of reality.Trade ReviewAlong with Scheler’s mature account of perception as a value-laden experience of living beings, this key text contains his complex assessment of the shortcomings and contributions of pragmatism as a form of knowing." —Daniel O. Dahlstrom, author of The Heidegger DictionaryTable of Contents Acknowledgements Translator’s Introduction I. The Problem II. The Essence and Meaning of Knowledge and Cognition – The Kinds of Knowledge III. The Philosophical Pragmatism A. The Two Central Principles of Pragmatism – Historical Sources and Variations of the Pragmatic Movement B. The Errors of Pragmatism 1. The Falsification of the Idea of Knowledge 2. The Mistaken Ordering of the Reason-Consequence-Relationship of Knowledge and Action 3. The Misrecognition of the Difference between Essential Knowledge and Inductive Knowledge 4. The Mistaken Axioms of Pragmatic “Logic” C. The Partial Truth of Pragmatism: The Pragmatic Condition of the Formal-Mechanistic Theory of Nature -- Various Views regarding its Epistemic Value IV. The Pragmatic Method: The methodological-pragmatic standpoint and its meaning for the philosophical interpretation of the mechanistic view of nature. The kinds of knowledge concerning nature V. Concerning the Philosophy of Perception A. Perception and Sensation 1. Percpetual Content, Sensation, and the Trans-Conscious “Corporeal Images” 2. The Relation Between Sensation and Perception – the Drive-Motor Conditionality B. Perception and Fantasy VI. The Metaphysics of Perception and the Problem of Reality – The Work and the Cognition Possibility of Human Beings B Manuscripts Regarding “Cognition and Work” a) The “Spirit” of Pragmatism and the philosophical Concept of the Human Being

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Book SynopsisMax Scheler's Cognition and Work first appeared in German in 1926, just two years before his death. The first part of the book offers one of the earliest critical analyses of American pragmatism. The second part of the work contains Scheler's phenomenological account of perception and the experience of reality.Trade ReviewAlong with Scheler’s mature account of perception as a value-laden experience of living beings, this key text contains his complex assessment of the shortcomings and contributions of pragmatism as a form of knowing." —Daniel O. Dahlstrom, author of The Heidegger DictionaryTable of Contents Acknowledgements Translator’s Introduction I. The Problem II. The Essence and Meaning of Knowledge and Cognition – The Kinds of Knowledge III. The Philosophical Pragmatism A. The Two Central Principles of Pragmatism – Historical Sources and Variations of the Pragmatic Movement B. The Errors of Pragmatism 1. The Falsification of the Idea of Knowledge 2. The Mistaken Ordering of the Reason-Consequence-Relationship of Knowledge and Action 3. The Misrecognition of the Difference between Essential Knowledge and Inductive Knowledge 4. The Mistaken Axioms of Pragmatic “Logic” C. The Partial Truth of Pragmatism: The Pragmatic Condition of the Formal-Mechanistic Theory of Nature -- Various Views regarding its Epistemic Value IV. The Pragmatic Method: The methodological-pragmatic standpoint and its meaning for the philosophical interpretation of the mechanistic view of nature. The kinds of knowledge concerning nature V. Concerning the Philosophy of Perception A. Perception and Sensation 1. Percpetual Content, Sensation, and the Trans-Conscious “Corporeal Images” 2. The Relation Between Sensation and Perception – the Drive-Motor Conditionality B. Perception and Fantasy VI. The Metaphysics of Perception and the Problem of Reality – The Work and the Cognition Possibility of Human Beings B Manuscripts Regarding “Cognition and Work” a) The “Spirit” of Pragmatism and the philosophical Concept of the Human Being

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Book SynopsisPhilosopher and medical doctor Drew Leder shows how the phenomenology of lived embodiment makes available a variety of existential healing responses to bodily breakdown. Leder also turns to socially marginalized groups - the incarcerated and the elderly - to explore how individuals creatively cope with societal as well as physical challenges.Trade Review“The Healing Body displays Drew Leder at the height of his powers: both erudite and attuned to the everyday, both expansive in scope and precise in practical insight. A powerful, necessary read for anyone interested in the relationship between embodiment and the good life.” - Joel Michael Reynolds, author of The Life Worth Living: Disability, Pain, and Morality“Drawing on traditional and nontraditional sources in philosophy and medicine, Drew Leder addresses structural injustices based on race, class, gender, and carceral status that so often impede the healing process. To mend the body, he maintains, we must also repair the sociopolitical worlds in which we dwell.” - Gail Weiss, author of Body Images: Embodiment as IntercorporealityTable of Contents Preface Chapter 1: A Musical Introduction: Re-possibilizing Life after Illness and Incapacity Section One: Twenty Healing Strategies Chapter 2: Escaping and Embracing the Body Chapter 3: Chronic Healing: Repairing Time Chapter 4: Objectification and Communion Chapter 5: Receiving and Giving Section Two: The Marginalized Body Chapter 6: Incarceration and/as Illness Chapter 7: Elder Wisdom: Re-possibilizing Later Life Section Three: The Inside-Out Body Chapter 8: Inside Insights and the “Inferior Interior” Chapter 9: Breath as the Hinge of Dis-ease and Healing Chapter 10: The Transparent Body Acknowledgments Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThe language he employs is almost wholly accessible to thinkers of the most disparate disciplines. Indeed, it is precisely because of these two facets of his work that Sokolowski's insightful descriptions and subsequent analyses can be the subject of debate and a foundation for future investigations into moral philosophy.Trade Review“In this carefully written study of the constituents of human decision making, Robert Sokolowski lays an elaborate groundwork to develop the importance of the distinction between choice and the voluntary in moral discourse…offers a new way of looking at moral actions which will have a profound effect in academia and pastoral practice.” – The Thomist“Fits nicely into Sokolowksi’s ongoing project of extending the insights of Husserl’s notion of intentionality to new areas.” – International Philosophical Quarterly“Consists of a single, tightly developed argument which displays the identities and differences and the presences and absences which constitute moral action…Makes an important contribution to action theory…deserves serious and thorough reading.” – Husserl Studies“A brilliant application of phenomenological concepts to moral experience.” – Philosophy in Review“The language he employs is almost wholly accessible to thinkers of the most disparate disciplines, and when technical terms are introduced, they are coupled with intelligible definitions. Indeed, it is precisely because of these two facets of his work that Sokolowski’s insightful descriptions and subsequent analyses can be the subject of debate and a foundation for future investigations into moral philosophy.” – The Journal of the British Society of Phenomenology“Although Moral Action is a short book, it is difficult to summarize – especially the first six chapters, the beauty of which lies in the subtlety and detail of the author’s discriminations rather than in a single thesis that the writer of a short review can seize upon.” – The Review of Metaphysics

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Book SynopsisThis anthology translates eighteen papers by Italian philosopher and experimental psychologist Paolo Bozzi (1930-2003), bringing his distinctive and influential ideas to an English-speaking audience for the first time. Trade Review‘Bozzi was an original whose thinking did not observe conventional boundaries. The same may be said of this collection of elegant original essays inspired by Bozzi’s writings. It offers the reader the prospect of a rich and challenging intellectual feast.’ William Epstein, Emeritus Professor, University of Wisconsin, USA‘Paolo Bozzi was an unusual and original psychologist and philosopher, who developed a distinctive picture of the psychology and the phenomenology of perception, in particular in its connection to the philosophical question of realism. Yet his work is not as widely known as it should be. This volume of his essays, supplemented by commentaries by contemporary experts, is an invaluable resource, and will surely help in giving Bozzi’s work the wider recognition it deserves.’ Tim Crane, Professor of Philosophy, Central European University, HungaryTable of ContentsPart I 1. Experimental Phenomenology Translated and commented by Ivana Bianchi 2. On some paradoxes of current perceptual theories Commented by Sergei Gepshtein 3. Phenomenal experience, epistemic experience and psychological experience. Notes towards an epistemology of the phenomenological experimental method. Translated by Richard Davies and commented by Maurizio Ferraris Part II 4. The stream of consciousness, or the events under observation Translated by Achille Varzi and commented by Richard Davies 5. Untimely meditations on the relation between self and non-self Translated by Alessio Moretti and commented by Robert Kelly and Barry Smith 6. Logical analysis of the psychophysical (L-R) scheme Translated by Richard Davies and commented by Francesco Orilia and Michele Paolini Paoletti 7. Five varieties of stimulus error Translated and commented by Roberto Casati 8. Seeing As Translated and commented by Kevin Mulligan Part III 9. Phenomenological descriptions and physical-geometrical descriptions Translated and commented by Ugo Savardi 10. Interobservation as a method for experimental phenomenology Translated and commented by Michael Kubovy Part IV 11. Phenomenological analysis of pendular harmonic motion & the conditions for "natural" motion along inclined planes Translated by Paola Bressan and Paolo Gaudiano and commented by Marco Bertamini. 12. A new factor of perceptual grouping: demonstration in terms of pure experimental phenomenology. Translated and commented by Luigi Burigana 13. Two factors of unification for musical notes: closeness in time and closeness in tone. Translated by Luisa Zecchinelli and Richard Davies and commented by Luisa Zecchinelli 14. Observations on some cases of phenomenal transparency obtained with line drawings Translated by Ivana Bianchi and Richard Davies and commented by Daniele Zavagno 15. Original observations on certain characteristics of afterimages Translated by Tiziano Agostini and commented by Tiziano Agostini and Alessandra Galmonte 16. Tertiary Qualities Translated and commented by Ian Verstegen and Carlo Maria Fossaluzza AFTERTHOUGHTS 17. Experimental Phenomenology: A Historical Profile. Commented by Alan Costall 18. What is still living and what has died of the Gestalt approach to the analysis of perception. Commented by Johan Wagemans

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Book SynopsisThis anthology translates eighteen papers by Italian philosopher and experimental psychologist Paolo Bozzi (1930-2003), bringing his distinctive and influential ideas to an English-speaking audience for the first time. The papers cover a range of methodological and experimental questions concerning the phenomenology of perception and their theoretical implications, with each one followed by commentary from leading international experts. In his laboratory work, Bozzi investigated visual and auditory perception, such as our responses to pendular motion and bodies in freefall, afterimages, transparency effects, and grouping effects in dot lattices and among sounds (musical notes). Reflecting on the results of his enquiries against the background of traditional approaches to experimentation in these fields, Bozzi took a unique realist stance that challenges accepted approaches to perception, arguing that experimental phenomenology is neither a science of the perceptual process noTrade Review‘Bozzi was an original whose thinking did not observe conventional boundaries. The same may be said of this collection of elegant original essays inspired by Bozzi’s writings. It offers the reader the prospect of a rich and challenging intellectual feast.’ William Epstein, Emeritus Professor, University of Wisconsin, USA‘Paolo Bozzi was an unusual and original psychologist and philosopher, who developed a distinctive picture of the psychology and the phenomenology of perception, in particular in its connection to the philosophical question of realism. Yet his work is not as widely known as it should be. This volume of his essays, supplemented by commentaries by contemporary experts, is an invaluable resource, and will surely help in giving Bozzi’s work the wider recognition it deserves.’ Tim Crane, Professor of Philosophy, Central European University, HungaryTable of ContentsPart I 1. Experimental Phenomenology Translated and commented by Ivana Bianchi 2. On some paradoxes of current perceptual theories Commented by Sergei Gepshtein 3. Phenomenal experience, epistemic experience and psychological experience. Notes towards an epistemology of the phenomenological experimental method. Translated by Richard Davies and commented by Maurizio Ferraris Part II 4. The stream of consciousness, or the events under observation Translated by Achille Varzi and commented by Richard Davies 5. Untimely meditations on the relation between self and non-self Translated by Alessio Moretti and commented by Robert Kelly and Barry Smith 6. Logical analysis of the psychophysical (L-R) scheme Translated by Richard Davies and commented by Francesco Orilia and Michele Paolini Paoletti 7. Five varieties of stimulus error Translated and commented by Roberto Casati 8. Seeing As Translated and commented by Kevin Mulligan Part III 9. Phenomenological descriptions and physical-geometrical descriptions Translated and commented by Ugo Savardi 10. Interobservation as a method for experimental phenomenology Translated and commented by Michael Kubovy Part IV 11. Phenomenological analysis of pendular harmonic motion & the conditions for "natural" motion along inclined planes Translated by Paola Bressan and Paolo Gaudiano and commented by Marco Bertamini. 12. A new factor of perceptual grouping: demonstration in terms of pure experimental phenomenology. Translated and commented by Luigi Burigana 13. Two factors of unification for musical notes: closeness in time and closeness in tone. Translated by Luisa Zecchinelli and Richard Davies and commented by Luisa Zecchinelli 14. Observations on some cases of phenomenal transparency obtained with line drawings Translated by Ivana Bianchi and Richard Davies and commented by Daniele Zavagno 15. Original observations on certain characteristics of afterimages Translated by Tiziano Agostini and commented by Tiziano Agostini and Alessandra Galmonte 16. Tertiary Qualities Translated and commented by Ian Verstegen and Carlo Maria Fossaluzza AFTERTHOUGHTS 17. Experimental Phenomenology: A Historical Profile. Commented by Alan Costall 18. What is still living and what has died of the Gestalt approach to the analysis of perception. Commented by Johan Wagemans

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Book SynopsisPhenomenology: The Basics is a concise and engaging introduction to one of the dominant philosophical movements of the 20th century. This lively and lucid book provides an introduction to the essential phenomenological concepts that are crucial for understanding great thinkers such as Husserl, Heidegger, and Merleau-Ponty. Written by a leading expert in the field, Dan Zahavi examines and explains key questions such as: What is a phenomenological analysis? What are the methodological foundations of phenomenology? What does phenomenology have to say about embodiment and intersubjectivity? How is phenomenology distinguished from, and related to, other fields in philosophy? How do ideas from classic phenomenology relate to ongoing debates in psychology and qualitative research? With a glossary of key terms and suggestions for further reading, the book considers key philosophical arguments around phenomenology, making this aTrade Review"For the one seeking a way into phenomenological thinking today, or a way to help others find one, it has not been obvious, in the English context, what resource should serve as the best point of entry. The first great merit of Dan Zahavi’s book, Phenomenology: The Basics, is to change this calculus for good. Offering English readers an entry point into phenomenology that is accessible, lucid, and engaging, presents key concepts and insights faithfully (but not ploddingly), along with their pertinence in multiple fields of contemporary research, and doing this without obvious error or negligence, is no small achievement." - Karl Hefty, Reading Religion"Phenomenology: The Basics as a whole is successful in achieving its task. The ideas are tied together in a well-ordered manner so as to present a general picture of phenomenological research. The language is clear enough to understand the claims, and the author provides tangible examples whenever required for the better clarification of the concepts.....The book is recommended to everyone who wants to get a coherent overview of the topic without focus on the issues such as the origins and the manifoldness of the existing approaches, internal debates and transformations, and the examination of the thoughts of phenomenological figures." - Khashayar Boroomandjazi, Metapsychology Online Reviews"A lucid and authoritative introduction to phenomenology including its practical applications in sociology and psychology from one of the world’s leading phenomenologists." - Dermot Moran, University College Dublin, Ireland"Zahavi’s Phenomenology: The Basics will guide several generations of philosophers and scientists in the study of consciousness, embodiment, communality and normality." - Sara Heinämaa, Academy of Finland, University of Jyväskylä, Finland"Dan Zahavi, one of the most prolific and insightful phenomenologists of his generation, has provided a concise, clear and intellectually stimulating introduction to the study of phenomenology." - Alessandro Duranti, University of California, Los Angeles, USA "This lucid book gets to the core of what phenomenology is all about, and is essential reading for any students of that tradition." - Piet Hut, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, USATable of ContentsPreface. Introduction. Part I: Foundational Issues. 1. The Phenomena. 2. Intentionality. 3. Methodological Considerations. 4. Science and the Lifeworld. 5. Digging Deeper: From surface to depth phenomenology. 6. Merleau-Ponty’s Preface to Phenomenology of Perception. Part II: Concrete Analyses. 7. Spatiality and Embodiment. 8. Intersubjectivity and Sociality. Part III: Applied Phenomenology. 9. Phenomenological Sociology. 10. Phenomenological Psychology, Qualitative Research, and Cognitive Science. Conclusion. Glossary. References.

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Book SynopsisLatin American and Latinx Philosophy: A Collaborative Introduction is a beginnerâs guide to canonical texts in Latin American and Latinx philosophy, providing the non-specialist with necessary historical and philosophical context, and demonstrating their contemporary relevance. It is written in jargon-free prose for students and professors who are interested in the subject, but who donât know where to begin. Each of the twelve chapters, written by a leading scholar in the field, examines influential texts that are readily available in English and introduces the reader to a period, topic, movement, or school that taken together provide a broad overview of the history, nature, scope, and value of Latin American and Latinx philosophy. Although this volume is primarily intended for the reader without a background in the Latin American and Latinx tradition, specialists will also benefit from its many novelties, including an introduction to Aztec ethics; a critique of âœthe LatinTrade Review"A great new resource for present and future teachers and students about an exciting and important emerging field in philosophy." — Gregory Fernando Pappas, Editor-in-Chief of the Inter-American Journal of Philosophy (IJP), Texas A&M University, USA"Latin American and Latinx Philosophy fills a huge hole in our existing English language resources. The detail of the essays, the expansive coverage of topics, the superb philosophical analysis and the excellent introductory overviews will make this volume vital for everyone with an interest in this area. Bravo!" — Linda Martín Alcoff, Hunter College, USA"This is an appealing place for the interested reader to get started with some of the rich and fascinating episodes in the history of philosophy in Latin America, as well as some of the exciting recent work on Latinx philosophy in the U.S. The contributions map out an impressive cross-section of philosophical questions, historical periods, geographical regions, and methodological approaches. Throughout, the volume engages in an insightful discussion of the role of history, politics, and identity in the formation of philosophical traditions. It also advances the metaphilosophical debate concerning the self-conception of this emerging field." — Clinton Tolley and Manuel Vargas, The Mexican Philosophy Lab at UC San Diego, USATable of ContentsIntroductionRobert Eli Sanchez, Jr.Chapter 1: Philosophy without Europe James MaffieChapter 2: "The Indian Problem": Conquest and the Valladolid DebateAlejandro SantanaChapter 3: The Continental Struggle for Democracy: The American Wars of Independence as Experiments in JusticeJose-Antonio OroscoChapter 4: Nation-Building through Education: Positivism and its Transformations in MexicoAlexander V. StehnChapter 5: The Philosophy of Mexican CultureRobert Eli Sanchez, Jr.Chapter 6: Mexican ExistentialismCarlos Alberto SánchezChapter 7: Liberation PhilosophyGrant SilvaChapter 8: Latin American and Latinx FeminismsStephanie Rivera BerruzChapter 9: Indigenism in Peru and BoliviaKim DíazChapter 10: Latinx Philosophy and the Ethics of MigrationJosé Jorge MendozaChapter 11: Latinx IdentityAndrea PittsChapter 12: Metaphilosophy: Defining Latin American and Latinx PhilosophyLori Gallegos de Castillo and Francisco Gallegos

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Book SynopsisA study of violence and the image in the work of Bataille, Agamben and Girard, thinkers who aim to explain the basis of society and culture in the context of power and the sacred.

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Book SynopsisFeelings of Being is the first ever account of the nature, role and variety of ''existential feelings'' in psychiatric illness and in everyday life. There is a great deal of current philosophical and scientific interest in emotional feelings. However, many of the feelings that people struggle to express in their everyday lives do not appear on standard lists of emotions. For example, there are feelings of unreality, surreality, unfamiliarity, estrangement, heightened existence, isolation, emptiness, belonging, significance, insignificance, and the list goes on. Ratcliffe refers to such feelings as ''existential'' because they comprise a changeable sense of being part of a worldIn this book, Ratcliffe argues that existential feelings form a distinctive group by virtue of three characteristics: they are bodily feelings, they constitute ways of relating to the world as a whole, and they are responsible for our sense of reality. He explains how something can be a bodily feeling and, at theTrade ReviewThis book is for those who wonder about normal and pathological existential experiences. Clinicians who have time to pursue philosophy will be enriched. * Patricia E. Murphy. PhD (Rush University Medical Center) *Ratcliffe deserves credit for drawing attention to a shortcoming in the discussion of emotions and feelings and for providing an importance corrective to this tendency. * Phenom Cogn Sci *Table of ContentsPART I - THE STRUCTURE OF EXISTENTIAL FEELING; PART II - VARIETIES OF EXISTENTIAL FEELING IN PSYCHIATRIC ILLNESS; PART III - EXISTENTIAL FEELING AND PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHT

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Book SynopsisThis book offers a philosophical defence of nihilism. The authors argue that the concept of nihilism has been employed pejoratively by almost all philosophers and religious leaders to indicate a widespread cultural crisis of truth, meaning, or morals. Many religious believers think atheism leads to moral chaos (because it leads to nihilism), and atheists typically insist that we can make life meaningful through our own actions (thereby avoiding nihilism). In this way, both sides conflate the cosmic sense of meaning at stake with a social sense of meaning. This book charts a third course between extremist and alarmist views of nihilism. It casts doubt on the assumption that nihilism is something to fear, or a problem which human culture should overcome by way of seeking, discovering, or making meaning. In this way, the authors believe that a revised understanding of nihilism can help remove a significant barrier of misunderstanding between religious believers and atheists. A DefenTable of Contents1. Much Ado About Nothing2. A Brief History of Nihilism3. Nil desperandum4. Nihil sine Deo5. Revaluating Nihilism

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