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Introduction to Phenomenology

Robert Sokolowski author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:28th Oct '99

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Introductory volume, presenting the major philosophical doctrines of phenomenology.

This book presents the major philosophical doctrines of phenomenology, such as perception, pictures, imagination, memory, language, and reference, personal identity, and shows how human thinking arises from experience. Provides a new interpretation of the correspondence theory of truth, and explains how phenomenology differs from modern and postmodern forms of thinking.This book presents the major philosophical doctrines of phenomenology in a clear, lively style with an abundance of examples. The book examines such phenomena as perception, pictures, imagination, memory, language, and reference, and shows how human thinking arises from experience. It also studies personal identity as established through time and discusses the nature of philosophy. In addition to providing a new interpretation of the correspondence theory of truth, the author also explains how phenomenology differs from both modern and postmodern forms of thinking.

'Both in tone and content it is an eminently successful introduction to phenomenology. It offers rich and illuminating insights both for the first-time reader and for the long-term scholar. This is the introduction to phenomenology that many of us have been waiting for.' Richard Cobb-Stevens, Boston College
'Sokolowski takes the reader through all the main concepts of phenomenology such as intentionality, temporality, evidence, intuition, and lifeworld, and touches upon certain important structures that phenomenology discovers. You cannot possibly have a simpler, more straightforward, and yet completely dependable exposition.' J. N. Mohanty, Emory University

ISBN: 9780521667920

Dimensions: 229mm x 153mm x 17mm

Weight: 345g

248 pages