Self and World: From Analytic Philosophy to Phenomenology

Bruin Carleton Christensen

Published by De Gruyter 2008

Self and World

From Analytic Philosophy to Phenomenology

Bruin Carleton Christensen

Volume 89 in the series Quellen und Studien zur Philosophie

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110212174

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This book draws upon the phenomenological tradition of Husserl and Heidegger in order to provide an alternative elaboration of John McDowell’s thesis that in order to understand how self-conscious subjectivity relates to the world, perception must be understood as a genuine unity of spontaneity ('concept’) and receptivity ('intuition’). This alternative elaboration permits clarification of McDowell’s critique of Donald Davidson and development of an alternative conception of perceptual experience giving clear sense to McDowell’s claim that self-conscious subjectivity is so inherently in touch with its world that scepticism about the latter must be incoherent. It also permits development of a more accurate, historically oriented critique of the metaphysics constraining one to construe perceptual experience in ways which misrepresent how self-conscious subjectivity bears upon the world. It shows that many of McDowell’s meta-philosophical views are implicitly Husserlian and that had McDowell developed them further, he would have avoided the paradoxical meta-philosophy he adopts from Wittgenstein. In conclusion, it intimates the central weakness in Husserl’s position which takes one from Husserl to Heidegger. The book is written in terms accessible to analytic philosophers and will thus enable them to see the central differences between analytic and phenomenological approaches to intentionality and self-consciousness.

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Carleton B. Christensen, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.

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Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter One: Escaping the Oscillation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
Chapter Two: Regaining the World Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	62
Chapter Three: Perceptual Appearance and Perceptual World Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	124
Chapter Four: The View from Sideways-on, Common Factors and Other Loose Ends Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
Chapter Five: Two Senses of Nature? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	205
Chapter Six: From Nature to World Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	265
Chapter Seven: On the Brink of Phenomenology Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	313
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Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Academics, Libraries, Institutes
Pages
- Front matter: 10
- Main content: 394
Keywords: Analytic Philosophy; Phenomenology; Philosophy of Mind; Intentionality; Perception; McDowell; Davidson; Husserl

eBook

Published: December 18, 2008
ISBN: 9783110212174

Hardcover

Published: December 11, 2008
ISBN: 9783110204018