Phenomenology and the social sciences
by Schütz, Alfred, Embree, Lester, (Lester E.)
fromPhaenomenologica
Phenomenology and the social sciences
by Schütz, Alfred, Embree, Lester, (Lester E.)
fromPhaenomenologica
This¡volume begins with Schutz's sketch of how Husserl influenced him. It shows how phenomenological theory¡of the social sciences differs from positivistic approaches, and presents Schutz's theory of relevances--a key feature of his own phenomenology of the social world. It con…
"Philosophy's Moods" is a collection of original essays interrogating the inseparable bond between mood and philosophical thinking. What is the relationship between mood and thinking in philosophy? In what sense are we always already philosophizing from within a mood? What kinds…
The idea of material value-ethics -- The phenomenology of value -- The orientation of human beings toward value -- Values and moral values -- Action theory and the problem of motivation -- Goodness and moral obligation -- The concept of virtue and its foundations -- Virtue ethic…
'There is no greater gift to man than to understand nothing of his fate', declares poet-philosopher Paul Valery. And yet the searching human being seeks ceaselessly to disentangle the networks of experiences, desires, inward promptings, personal ambitions, and elevated strivings…
"This ambitious work aims to shed new light on the relations between Husserlian phenomenology and present-day efforts toward a scientific theory of cognition - with its complex structure of disciplines, levels of explanation, and conflicting hypotheses." "The book's primary goal…
Annotation This book contains essays written by eminent phenomenologists & scholars closely related to R. Bernet, a person and a philosopher (colleagues, friends and collaborators, former students). The intellectual and worldwide authority of R. Bernet's work is well represented…