Understanding Phenomenology - 9781844650545

Taylor & Francis

Provides a guide to one of the most important schools of thought in modern philosophy. This book traces phenomenology's historical development, and assesses critical responses to phenomenology. It guides the reader through the array of technical concepts and jargon associated with phenomenology. > \""Understanding Phenomenology\"" provides a guide to one of the most important schools of thought in modern philosophy. The book traces phenomenology's historical development, beginning with its founder, Edmund Husserl and his \""pure\"" or \""transcendental\"" phenomenology, and continuing with the later, \""existential\"" phenomenology of Martin Heidegger, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Maurice Merleau-Ponty. The book also assesses later, critical responses to phenomenology - from Derrida to Dennett - as well as the continued significance of phenomenology for philosophy today. Written for anyone coming to phenomenology for the first time, the book guides the reader through the often bewildering array x