Husserl, Heidegger, and the Space of Meaning: Paths Toward Trancendental Phenomenology (Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy) - Hardcover

Crowell, Steven Galt

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0810118041 ISBN 13: 9780810118041

Publisher: Northwestern University Press, 2001

Synopsis

Winner of 2002 Edward Goodwin Ballard Prize

In a penetrating and lucid discussion of the enigmatic relationship between the work of Edmund Husserl and Martin Heidegger, Steven Galt Crowell proposes that the distinguishing feature of twentieth-century philosophy is not so much its emphasis on language as its concern with meaning. Arguing that transcendental phenomenology is indispensable to the philosophical explanation of the space of meaning, Crowell shows how a proper understanding of both Husserl and Heidegger reveals the distinctive contributions of each to that ongoing phenomenological project.

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About the Author

Steven Galt Crowell is professor of philosophy and German studies at Rice University.  He is the editor of The Prime of the Self: Philosophical Essays in Honor of Maurice Natanson. 

Review

"Crowell present an original, distinguished addition to contemporary views of both the relation between Husserl and Heidegger and . . . of Heidegger's early and very early philosophical itinerary. . . . [C]ertain to be an important contribution to the field." --Gail Soffer, New School for Social Research

Edition details

• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0810118041
• ISBN 13: 9780810118041
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 323