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This work is devoted to developing as well as expounding the theory of the cultural sciences of the philosopher Alfred Schutz (1899-1959). Drawing on all of Schutz's seven volumes in English, the book shows how his philosophical theory consists of the reflective clarifications of the disciplinary definitions, basic concepts, and distinctive methods of particular cultural sciences as well as their species and genus. The book first expounds Schutz's own theories of economics, jurisprudence, political science, sociology, and psychology. It then extends his approach to other disciplines, offering new theories of archaeology, ethnology, and psychotherapy in his spirit in order to stimulate the development of Schutzian theories in these and other disciplines. The second part of the book contains complementary philosophical chapters devoted to culture, groups, ideal types, interdisciplinarity, meaning, relevance, social tension, and verification.

Situational Understanding: A Gurwitschian Critique of Theory of Mind -- Vertical Context after Gurwitsch -- Schizophrenia: A Disturbance of the Thematic Field -- Intentionality, Consciousness, and Intentional Relations: From Phenomenology to Cognitive Science -- The Experience of the Present Moment -- Field Theories of Mind and Brain -- The Marginal Body -- Experimental Evidence for Three Dimensions of Attention -- The Structure of Context and Context Awareness -- The Field of Consciousness as a Living System: Toward a Naturalized Phenomenology of Cognition -- The Three Species of Relevancy in Gurwitsch -- Kinds of Knowledge: Phenomenology and the Sciences.

Using outlines and scattered passages of relevance, this work includes first of all a construction of the work Schutz did not but was clearly prepared to write on how authors and audiences relate to one another in lyric poetry, drama, and the novel. This construction shows how Schutz anticipated reader-response theory and provides a basis not only for his theory of literature but also - along with his writings on music - for his theory of art. In addition, this work contains essays commenting on the construction by Ilja Srubar, Michael McDuffie, Martin Endreß, Hisashi Nasu, and Fred Kersten, and works developing aspects of Schutz's account further by Lewis Gordon, Daniel Cefaï, Stanford Lyman, George Psathas, and Michael Barger

An idea of the philosophy of archaeology can best be gained by showing what it is, what the issues are, who is working in the field, and how they proceed. Reading Lester Embree's Metaarchaeology provides the best possible introduction to the field, since in it several leading archaeologists show how accessible and interesting the current archeological literature is, and currently active philosophers of archaeology reveal something of the current state of discussion on the subject. Bibliographies have also been developed of the philosophy of archaeology as well as of selected parts of the component that can be called metaarchaeology. Finally, an historical introduction has been included to show the variety of metascientific as well as orientational standpoints that philosophers of archaeology have had recourse to for over two decades, followed by speculation about the future of the discipline within the philosophy of science

The present volume containing the dissertation of Dorion Cairns is the first part of a comprehensive edition of the philosophical papers of one of the foremost disseminators and interpreters of Husserlian phenomenology in North-America. Based on his intimate knowledge of Husserl's published writings and unpublished manuscripts and on the many conversations and discussions he had with Husserl and Fink during his stay in Freiburg i. Br. in 1931-1932. Cairns's dissertation is a comprehensive exposition of the methodological foundations and the concrete phenomenological analyses of Husserl's transcendental phenomenology. The lucidity and precision of Cairns's presentation is remarkable and demonstrates the secure grasp he had of Husserl's philosophical intentions and phenomenological distinctions. Starting from the phenomenological reduction and Husserl's Idea of Philosophy, Cairns proceeds with a detailed analysis of intentionality and the intentional structures of consciousness. In its scope and in the depth and nuance of its understanding, Cairns's dissertation belongs beside the writings on Husserl by Levinas and Fink from the same period

This collection of more than two dozen essays by philosophy scholars of international repute traces the profound impact exerted by Husserl's Meisterwerk, known in its shortened title as Ideen, whose first book was released in 1913. Published to coincide with the centenary of its original appearance, and fifty years after the second book went to print in 1952, the contributors offer a comprehensive array of perspectives on the ways in which Husserl's concept of phenomenology influenced leading figures and movements of the last century, including, among others, Ortega y Gassett, Edith Stein, Martin Heidegger, Aron Gurwitsch, Ludwig Landgrebe, Dorion Cairns, Simone de Beauvoir, Jean-Paul Sartre, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Jacques Derrida and Giles Deleuze. In addition to its documentation and analysis of the historical reception of these works, this volume also illustrates the ongoing relevance of the Ideen, offering scholarly discussion of the issues raised by his ideas as well as by the figures who took part in critical phenomenological dialogue with them. Among the topics discussed are autism, empathy, the nature of the emotions, the method and practice of phenomenology, the foundations of ethics, naturalism, intentionality, and human rights, to name but a few. Taken together, these specially commissioned original essays offer an unrivaled overview of the reception of Husserl's Ideen, and the expanding phenomenological enterprise it initiated. They show that the critical discussion of issues by phenomenologists continues to be relevant for the 21st century.

Intro -- Table of Contents -- 13 On the Paradox of Perception and the Emergence of the Absolute Consciousness in Husserl's Phenomenology - Saulius GENIUSAS -- 15 The Phenomenology of Embodiment in Communicology - Richard L. LANIGAN -- 16 Body, Liquidity, and Flesh: Bachelard, Merleau-Ponty, and the Elements of Interpersonal Communication - Frank J. MACKE, Ph D. -- 17 MetaTV - Paul MAJKUT -- 18 The Sartre Centenary: Why Sartre Now? - William McBRIDE -- 19 Artificial Intelligence and the Phenomenology of Flesh - James MENSCH -- 20 Seebohm, Husserl, and Dilthey - Thomas NENON -- 21 The Future of Psychiatry and the Naturalization of Phenomenology - Marilyn NISSIM- SABAT -- 22 Heidegger and Ethics - François RAFFOUL -- 23 Living Words and Concepts: Semantic Space and Semantic Texture - Harry P. REEDER -- 24 "A Strange Current of Sympathy and Knowledge": The Experience of "Teched" as Portrayed by American Novelist and Agrarian Reformer Louis Bromfield - David SEAMON -- 25 Husserlian Variations on Nature, Environment, and Earth: Toward a "Green" Phenomenology - Dennis E. SKOCZ -- 26 For Lack of Intentionality - Dallas WILLARD -- Notes on Contributors -- Chronicle of North American Phenomenological Organizations - Daniel MARCELLE -- Contents of the Five Volumes