Conversations with Husserl and Fink

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This is an unusual volume. During his periods of study with Ed­ mund Husserl - first from I924 1. 0 I926, then from I93I to I932 - Dorion Cairns had become imnlensely impressed with the stri­ king philosophical quality of Husserl's conversations with his students and co-workers. Not unlike his daily writing (five to six hours a day was not uncommon, as Husserl reports herein, the nature of which was a continuous searching, reassessing, modi­ fying, advancing and even rejecting of former views), Husserl's conversations, especially evidenced from Cairns's record, were remarkable for their depth and probing character. Because of this, and because of the importaIlt light they threw on Husserl's written and published works, Cairns had early resolved to set down in writing, as accurately as possible, the details of these conversations. Largely prompted by the questions and concerns of his students, including Cairns, the present Conversations (from the second period, I93I-I932, except for the initial conversation) provide a significant, intriguing, and always fascinating insight into both the issues which were prominent to Husserl at this time, and the way he had come to view the systematic and historical placement of his own earlier studies. Cairns had often insisted - principally in his remarkable lec­ 1 tures at the Graduate Faculty of the New School - that attaining a fair and accurate view of Husserl's enormously rich and complex 1 Cairns's lectures between 1956 and 1964 are especially important. Front Matter....Pages I-XIV Conversation with Husserl, 16/7/26....Pages 1-1 Conversation with Husserl and Becker, 24/6/31....Pages 1-2 Conversation with Becker and Kaufmann, 25 (26 or 27)/6/31....Pages 2-2 Notes on Husserl conversation, 27/6/31....Pages 2-3 Conversation with Husserl, 11/7/31....Pages 3-5 Notes on conversation with Husserl, 18/7/31....Pages 5-7 Conversation with Husserl and Fink, 11/8/31....Pages 7-8 Conversation with Husserl and Malvine Husserl, 13/8/31....Pages 8-11 Conversation with Fink, 17/8/31....Pages 11-16 Conversation with Husserl and Fink, 17/8/31....Pages 16-17 Conversation with Husserl, Fink, and Miyake (Japan), 19/8/31....Pages 17-20 Conversation with Husserl and Fink, 22/8/31....Pages 20-24 Conversation with Fink, 24/8/31....Pages 24-26 Conversation with Husserl, 28/8/31....Pages 27-28 Conversation with Husserl and Fink, A. M.,1/9/31....Pages 28-30 Conversation with Husserl, 6/9/31....Pages 30-31 Conversation with Husserl and Fink, 11/9/31....Pages 31-32 Conversation with Fink, 16/9/31 (?)....Pages 32-32 Conversation with Husserl and Fink, 17/9/31....Pages 32-32 Conversation with Fink, 21/9/31....Pages 33-34 Conversation with Husserl and Fink, 22/9/31....Pages 34-36 Conversation with Husserl and Fink, 28/9/31....Pages 36-37 Conversation with Husserl and Fink, 3/10/31....Pages 37-37 Conversation with Husserl and Fink, 9/11/31....Pages 37-38 Conversation with Husserl and Fink, 12/11/31....Pages 38-41 Conversation with Husserl and Fink, 18/11/31....Pages 41-42 Conversation with Husserl and Fink, 20/11/31....Pages 42-44 Conversation with Husserl and Fink, 24/11/31....Pages 44-48 Conversation with Fink, 24/11/31....Pages 48-51 Conversation with Husserl and Fink, 25/11/31....Pages 51-52 Conversation with Husserl and Fink, 30/11/31....Pages 52-52 Conversation with Husserl and Fink, 4/12/31....Pages 53-56 Conversation with Fink, 7/12/31....Pages 56-57 8/12/31, Conversation with Husserl but no essential additions....Pages 57-57 Conversation with Fink, 14/12/31....Pages 57-57 Conversation with Fink, 19/12/31....Pages 57-57 Conversation with Husserl and Fink, 22/12/31....Pages 58-58 Conversation with Husserl and Fink, 23/12/31....Pages 58-60 Conversation with Husserl and others, 26/12/31....Pages 60-61 Conversation with Husserl, 28/12/31....Pages 61-63 Conversation with Husserl and Reiner, 31/12/31....Pages 63-63 Conversation with Husserl and Fink, 5/1/32....Pages 63-64 Conversation with Husserl, 13/1/32....Pages 64-65 Conversation with Fink, 18/1/32....Pages 65-65 Conversation with Fink, 20/1/32....Pages 66-67 Conversation with Husserl and Fink, 26/1/32....Pages 67-68 Conversation with Husserl and Fink, 29/1/32....Pages 68-69 Conversation with Husserl, 3/3/32....Pages 69-69 Conversation with Husserl, 7/3/32....Pages 69-70 Conversation with Husserl, 11/3/32....Pages 70-70 Conversation with Husserl, 4/5/32....Pages 71-71 Conversation with Husserl, 6/5/32....Pages 71-73 Conversation with Husserl, 9/5/32....Pages 73-74 Conversation with Husserl, 11/5/32....Pages 75-77 Conversation with Husserl and Fink, 31/5/32....Pages 77-80 Conversation with Husserl, 2/6/32....Pages 80-82 Conversation with Husserl, 4/6/32....Pages 82-83 Conversation with Husserl, A.M., 8/6/32....Pages 83-84 Conversation with Husserl, 13/6/32....Pages 84-87 Conversation with Husserl and Fink, 15/6/32....Pages 87-89 Conversation with Husserl and Fink, 23/06/32....Pages 89-91 Conversation with Husserl, 27/6/32....Pages 91-91 Conversation with Husserl, 29/6/32....Pages 91-92 Conversation with Husserl and Fink, 15/7/32....Pages 92-93 Conversation with Husserl and Fink, 20/9/32....Pages 93-95 Conversation with Fink, 23/9/32....Pages 95-97 Conversation with Husserl and Fink, 25/10/32....Pages 97-99 Conversation with Husserl, 2/11/32....Pages 99-100 Conversation with husserl and fink, 15/11/32....Pages 100-102 Back Matter....Pages 103-113