{"product_id":"phenomenology-an-introduction-9781509540662","title":"Phenomenology: An Introduction","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA classic in its field, this comprehensive book introduces the core history of phenomenology and assesses its relevance to contemporary psychology, philosophy of mind, and cognitive science. It provides a jargon-free explanation of central themes in the works of Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, and Merleau-Ponty. From artificial intelligence to embodiment and enactivism, Käufer and Chemero go on to trace how phenomenology has produced a valuable framework for analyzing cognition and perception, whose impact on contemporary psychological and scientific research, and philosophical debates, continues to grow.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNew to this second edition are a treatment of nineteenth-century precursors of experimental psychology; a detailed exploration of Husserl's analysis of the body; and a discussion of the work of Aron Gurwitsch and other philosophers and psychologists who explored the intersection of phenomenology and Gestalt psychology. The new material also includes an expanded consideration of enactivism, and an up-to-date examination of current work in phenomenologically informed cognitive science.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is an ideal introduction to phenomenology and cognitive science for the uninitiated, and will shed new light on the topic for experienced readers, showing clearly the contemporary relevance and influence of phenomenological ideas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Käufer and Chemero have written a superb introduction to phenomenology, not merely as a chapter in intellectual history or as a gallery of great thinkers, but as a living tradition in philosophy, psychology, and cognitive science.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTaylor Carman, Professor of Philosophy, Barnard College, Columbia University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“A sparklingly clear and widely insightful introduction to phenomenology for beginners – which, if we are phenomenologists, includes all of us. Highly recommended.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGayle Salamon, Professor of English, Princeton University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePraise for the first edition:\u003cbr\u003e“A remarkably thorough and comprehensible account of the history of phenomenology that offers illuminating commentary on the work of Kant, Wundt, Husserl, Heidegger, Gestalt psychologists, Merleau-Ponty, Sartre, and Gibson.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHubert Dreyfus, Former Professor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Figures\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1 Kant: Eighteenth and Nineteenth-Century Background \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.1 Kant’s critical philosophy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.2 Intuitions and concepts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.3 The transcendental deduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.4 Kantian themes in phenomenology \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2 The Rise of Experimental Psychology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2.1  Wilhelm Wundt and the rise of scientific psychology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2.2 William James and functionalism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2.3  The structuralism-functionalism debate\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3 Edmund Husserl and Transcendental Phenomenology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3.1  Transcendental phenomenology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3.2  Brentano\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3.3  Between logic and psychology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3.4  Ideas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3.5  The body \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3.6  Phenomenology of time consciousness\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4 Martin Heidegger and Existential Phenomenology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      \u003cbr\u003e4.1  The intelligibility of the everyday world\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4.2  Descartes and occurrentness\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4.3  Being-in-the-world\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4.4  Being-with others and the anyone\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4.5  The existential conception of the self\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4.6  Death, guilt, and authenticity\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5 Gestalt Psychology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5.1 Gestalt criticisms of atomistic psychology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5.2 Perception and the environment\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5.3 Influence of Gestalt psychology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6 Aron Gurwitsch: Merging Gestalt Psychology and Phenomenology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6.1  Phenomenology of Thematics and of the Pure Ego\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6.2 Others and the Social World\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e7     Jean-Paul Sartre: Phenomenological Existentialism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e7.1  Transcendence of the Ego\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e7.2  The Imagination and The Imaginary\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e7.3  Being and Nothingness\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e8 Maurice Merleau-Ponty: The Body and Perception\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e8.1 Phenomenology of Perception\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e8.2 Phenomenology, psychology, and the phenomenal field\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e8.3 The lived body\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e8.4 Perceptual constancy and natural objects\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e9 Critical Phenomenology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e9.1 The path not taken\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e9.2 Phenomenology and Gender\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e9.3 Phenomenology and Race\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e10 James J. Gibson and Ecological Psychology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e10.1 Gibson’s early work: Two examples\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e10.2 The ecological approach\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e10.3 Ecological ontology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e10.4 Affordances and invitations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e11 Hubert Dreyfus and the Phenomenological Critique of Cognitivism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e11.1       The cognitive revolution and cognitive science\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e11.2 “Alchemy and artificial intelligence”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e11.3 What Computers Can’t Do\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e11.4 Heideggerian artificial intelligence\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e12 Enactivism and the Embodied Mind\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e12.1 Embodied, Embedded, Extended, Enactive\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e12.2 The Original Enactivism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e12.3 Other Enactivisms: The sensorimotor approach and radical enactivism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e12.4 Enactivism as a Philosophy of Nature\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e13 Phenomenological Cognitive Science\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e13.1 The frame problem\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e13.2 Radical embodied cognitive science\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e13.3 Dynamical systems theory\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e13.4 Heideggerian cognitive science\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e13.5 The future of scientific phenomenology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReferences\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409541931351,"sku":"9781509540662","price":17.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781509540662.jpg?v=1730507162","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/phenomenology-an-introduction-9781509540662","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}