The Foundation of Phenomenology

Edmund Husserl and the Quest for a Rigorous Science of Philosophy

Marvin Farber

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2017
• eBook ISBN: 9781351482615
• Topic: Philosophy
• Subtopic: Phenomenology in Philosophy

In this widely hailed and long out of print classic of twentieth century philosophic commentary, Professor Farber explains the origin, development, and function of phenomenology with a view towards its significance for philosophy in general.The book offers a general account of Husserl and the background of his philosophy. The early chapters are devoted to his mathematical-philosophical and psychological studies. The refutation of psychologism is present in detail, together with the critical reaction to it. The development of his logical theories in the light of contemporary literature at the close of the 19th century is next considered. The main content of the six Logical Investigations follows, which contribute to the phenomenological elucidation of experience and knowledge. The phenomenological philosophy of logic as developed in Husserl's later writings is then introduced, followed by a discussion of the phenomenological method and its proper function. Farber makes clear his preference for phenomenology as a purely descriptive method and his opposition to have it serve as a last stronghold of metaphysics.Indispensable as groundwork for descriptive philosophical study, this book will deeply interest not only serious students of philosophy and psychology, but also those who are concerned with the philosophical aspects of mathematics, social and natural sciences, law and psychiatry.

Index

I. References to Husserls Writings

II. Proper Names

III. Subjects and Terms

I. References to Husserl’s Writings (other than the LOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS;

“Calculus of Variations” (unpublished), 18, 21

Cartesian Meditations, 20, 22, 23n., 491, 528ff.

“Concept of Number, The,” 14, 21

Controversy with Voigt, 21, 80ff., 168

Crisis of European Sciences and Philosophy, The, 22, 169

“Deductive Calculus and Intensional Logic, The,” 16, 21, 72ff.

Experience and Judgment, 3, 18, 21, 22, 163, 167n., 496, 504, 506ff., 522, 531n., 552n.

Formal and Transcendental Logic, 20f., 22, 71n., 110n., 156, 157, 168f., 200n., 495ff., 544, 560, 563n.

Husserl’s Philosophy, in the Philosophen Lexicon, by Fink (for Husserl), 17

Ideas, 16n., 17, 19, 20, 22, 50n., 59n., 133n., 196ff., 204, 210, 218, 337n., 348n., 365n., 379n., 388n., 489, 491, 511, 521ff., 528, 538, 545, 558; Author’s preface to the English edition, 22, 540ff.

Lectures on the Consciousness of Inner Time, 19, 22, 196, 511ff.

Logical Investigations, descriptive notice of the first volume, 101f.; descriptive notice of the second volume, 200n., 218n.; preface, 15n., 59n., 200n.

Logical survey, first, 21, 91, 92, 95ff., 289n second, 19, 22, 95n., 153, 170ff.

“Origin of Geome...

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• The Foundation of Phenomenology
• copy
• Contents
• I. EDMUND HUSSERL AND THE BACKGROUND OF HIS PHILOSOPHY
• II. THE PHILOSOPHY OF ARITHMETIC
• III. EARLY LOGICAL INTERESTS
• IV. THE REFUTATION OF PSYCHOLOGISM
• V. PURE LOGIC
• VI. GERMAN LOGIC AT THE CLOSE OF THE CENTURY
• VII. THE “BREAKTHROUGH” TO PHENOMENOLOGY
• VIII. EXPRESSION AND MEANING
• IX. UNIVERSALS AND ABSTRACTION
• X. THE ANALYSIS OF WHOLES AND PARTS
• XI. PURE GRAMMAR AND THE ANALYSIS OF MEANING
• XII. INTENTIONAL EXPERIENCES AND THEIR “CONTENTS”
• XIII. OBJECTIVATING INTENTIONS AND FULFILLMENTS.
• XIV. SENSIBILITY AND UNDERSTANDING
• XV. THE PHENOMENOLOGICAL PHILOSOPHY OF LOGIC
• XVI. THE TECHNIQUE FOR A PRESUPPOSITIONLESS PHILOSOPHY
• XVII. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF PHENOMENOLOGY
• INDEX