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The origins of the horizon in Husserl's phenomenology

By Geniusas , Saulius

Book information

Publisher
Springer
Year
2012
ISBN
9781283633918, 1283633914, 978-94-007-4643-5, 9400746431, 978-94-007-4644-2, 940074644X
DOI
10.1007/978-94-007-4644-2
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
349 kB (357461 bytes)
Series
Contributions to phenomenology 67
Pages
0\0
Time added
2016-01-18 05:00:00
Phenomenology; History of Philosophy; Modern Philo

Description

This volume is the first book-length analysis of the problematic concept of the 'horizon' in Edmund Husserl's phenomenology, as well as in phenomenology generally. A recent arrival on the conceptual scene, the horizon still eludes robust definition. The author shows in this authoritative exploration of the topic that Husserl, the originator of phenomenology, placed the notion of the horizon at the centre of philosophical enquiry. He also demonstrates the rightful centrality of the concept of the horizon, all too often viewed as an imprecise metaphor of tangential significance. His systematic a. Read more... Abstract: This is the first book-length analysis of the problematic concept of the horizon in Edmund Husserl's phenomenology. The author demonstrates the rightful centrality of the concept of the horizon, too often viewed as an imprecise metaphor of little importance. Read more...

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