Phenomenology in a New Key: Between Analysis and History

This book presents a collection of essays that examine a wide variety of problems through the lens of phenomenology, from the nature of artworks and photography to questions concerning consciousness and intentionality.

In this collection of essays, the sophistication and vibrancy of contemporary phenomenological research is documented, including both its engagement with key figures in the history of philosophy, and with critical problems defining future directions of philosophical investigations. It honors the writings of Richard Cobb-Stevens, whose work in phenomenological philosophy, analytic philosophy and the history of philosophy has served as model for generations of philosophers working between these three fields of research. The essays collected in this volume provide a unique window on the contemporary state of the art in phenomenological philosophy by leading scholars of international reputation from North America and Europe. Historical figures such as Aristotle and Hobbes are innovatively brought into dialogue with phenomenological thinking. Phenomenological thinking is brought to bear on a wide variety of problems, from the nature of artworks and photography to questions concerning consciousness and knowledge. Among the topics discussed in these specially commissioned essays: phenomenology and Aristotle; the nature of the primal ego; Hobbes and Husserl; intentionality and reference; Neo-Aristotelian ethics; Husserl and Wittgenstein; photography; the nature of artworks.

Presents a collection of essays on various topics in phenomenological philosophy by leading experts in North America and Europe Examines the relation between Husserl's phenomenology and Aristotle; the relation between Hobbes and Husserl on language; the contribution of Husserl's thinking to ethics Features the importance of a phenomenological approach to art; and the phenomenological contribution to questions of consciousness and intentionality

Autorentext
Jeffrey Bloechl is Director of Graduate Studies in the department of Philosophy at Boston College. Nicolas de Warren is Research Professor in Philosophy at the Institute of Philosophy / Husserl Archives at KU Leuven.

Inhalt
Vindicating Husserl's primal I.- Intersections between four phenomenological approaches to the work of art.- The Curious Image: Husserlian Thoughts on Photography.- Hobbes and Husserl.- From the World to Philosophy, and Back.- Sense and Reference, Again.- Transcendental Phenomenology?.- Neo-Aristotelian Ethics: Naturalistic or Phenomenological.- Phenomenal Experience and the Scope of Phenomenology: A Husserlian Response to some Wittgensteinean Remarks.- Thinking Fast: Freedom, Expertise, and Solicitation.- Aristotle and Phenomenology.- Index.