Phenomenology: An Introduction

1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-0-7456-5147-7
Verlag: POLITY PR

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 522 g

This comprehensive new book introduces the core history of phenomenology and assesses its relevance to contemporary psychology, philosophy of mind, and cognitive science. From critiques of artificial intelligence research programs to ongoing work on embodiment and enactivism, the authors 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.

The first part of An Introduction to Phenomenology is an extended overview of the history and development of phenomenology, looking at its key thinkers, focusing particularly on Husserl, Heidegger and Merleau-Ponty, as well as its cultural and intellectual precursors. In the second half Chemero and Käufer turn their attention to the contemporary interpretations and uses of phenomenology in cognitive science, showing that phenomenology is a living source of inspiration in contemporary interdisciplinary studies of the mind.

Käufer and Chemero have written a clear, jargon-free account of phenomenology, providing abundant examples and anecdotes to illustrate and to entertain. This book is an ideal introduction to phenomenology and cognitive science for the uninitiated, as well as for philosophy and psychology students keen to deepen their knowledge.

Autoren/Hrsg.

K?ufer, Stephan

Kaufer, Stephan

Chemero, Anthony

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Erkenntnistheorie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Phänomenologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: 20./21. Jahrhundert

Inhaltsverzeichnis

* Introduction
* Chapter 1. Kant and Wundt: 18th and 19th Century Background
* Chapter 2. Edmund Husserl and Transcendental Phenomenology
* Chapter 3. Martin Heidegger and Existential Phenomenology
* Chapter 4. Gestalt Psychology
* Chapter 5. Maurice Merleau-Ponty: The Body and Perception
* Chapter 6. Jean-Paul Sartre: Phenomenological existentialism
* Chapter 7. James J. Gibson and Ecological Psychology
* Chapter 8. Hubert Dreyfus and the Phenomenological Critique of Cognitivism
* Chapter 9. Phenomenological Cognitive Science
* Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Stephan Kaufer is Professorof Philosophy at Franklin and Marshall College

Anthony Chemero is Professor of Philosophy and Psychology at the University of Cincinnati