Defending Husserl: A Plea in the Case of Wittgenstein & Company versus Phenomenology

Uwe Meixner

Published by De Gruyter 2014

Defending Husserl

A Plea in the Case of Wittgenstein & Company versus Phenomenology

Uwe Meixner

Volume 52 in the series Philosophische Analyse / Philosophical Analysis

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110342536

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The phenomenological approach to the philosophy of mind, as inaugurated by Brentano and worked out in a very sophisticated way by Husserl, has been severely criticized by philosophers within the Wittgensteinian tradition and, implicitly, by Wittgenstein himself. Their criticism is, in the epistemological regard, directed against introspectionism, and in the ontological regard, against an internalist and qualia-friendly, non-functionalist (or: broadly dualistic/idealistic) conception of the mind. The book examines this criticism in detail, looking at the writings of Wittgenstein, Ryle, Hacker, Dennett, and other authors, reconstructing their arguments, and pointing out where they fall short of their aim. In defending Husserl against his Wittgensteinian critics, the book also offers a comprehensive fresh view of phenomenology as a philosophy of mind. In particular, Husserl’s non-representationalist theory of intentionality is carefully described in its various aspects and elucidated also with respect to its development, taking into account writings from various periods of Husserl’s career. Last but not least, the book shows Wittgensteinianism to be one of the effective roots of the present-day hegemony of physicalism.

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Uwe Meixner, University of Augsburg, Germany.

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Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Wissenschaftler, Bibliotheken, Institute
Pages
- Front matter: 20
- Main content: 509
Keywords: Philosophy of Mind; Edmund Husserl; Ludwig Wittgenstein; Phenomenology

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Published: January 31, 2014
ISBN: 9783110342536

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Published: January 20, 2014
ISBN: 9783110342314