The Horizons of Continental Philosophy

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. Husserl

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Questions of Method: On Describing the Individual as Exemplary

      • José Huertas-Jourda

      Pages 3-31

   3. The Necessity of Intersubjectivity

      • Kathleen M. Haney

      Pages 32-61

   4. Existence and Essence in Thomas and Husserl

      • James R. Mensch

      Pages 62-92

   5. A Phenomenological Exploration of Popper’s ‘World 3’

      • Harry Reeder, Lenore Langsdorf

      Pages 93-129

3. Heidegger

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 131-131

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   2. Dwelling

      • Eugene T. Gendlin

      Pages 133-152

   3. Textuality and the Origin of the Work of Art

      • Hugh J. Silverman

      Pages 153-167

   4. Heidegger and Lacan on the Occlusion of the Subject

      • Wilhelm S. Wurzer

      Pages 168-189

   5. From the Deconstruction of Hermeneutics to the Hermeneutics of Deconstruction

      • John D. Caputo

      Pages 190-202

4. Merleau-Ponty

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 203-203

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   2. Communication Science and Merleau-Ponty’s Critique of the Objectivist Illusion

      • Richard L. Lanigan

      Pages 205-226

   3. Merleau-Ponty: The Depth of Memory as the Depth of the World

      • Glen A. Mazis

      Pages 227-250

   4. Towards an Erotics of Art

      • Allen S. Weiss

      Pages 251-271

   5. Merleau-Ponty on Silence and the Work of Philosophy

      • Véronique Fóti

      Pages 272-288

5. Back Matter

   Pages 289-305

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lacan. Barthes. Jakobson. Horkheimer. Adorno. Gadamer. Ricoeur. Foucault. Deleuze. Derrida. lyotard. Vattimo. Kofman. and Irigaray are also part of that outer horizon of continental philosophy. The purpose of this volume however is to establish that space within the core of continental philosophy -­ specifically in relation to the work of Husserl. Heidegger. and Merleau-Ponty -- and to move out to some of its various horizons. In some cases. these horizons are set by the history of philosophy. in others by newer directions in contemporary philosophy. and in others by alternative modes of philosophizing. The horizons also appear in areas as diverse as epistemology and the philosophy of science. metaphysics. philosophical psychology. and aesthetics. Furthermore. these limits are set by the relationships between philosophy and other disciplines such as psychology. communication theory. and the arts. Nevertheless the volume is organized around each of the three major figures in the phenomenological core of continental philosophy. The twelve essays provide important investigations into current research -- they represent the range and skills of contemporary work in relation to Husserl. Heidegger. and Merleau-Ponty. In themselves however they indicate advances in philosophical research and are hardly simple commentaries on these three figures. Husserl. Heidegger. and Merleau-Ponty constitute texts on the basis of which phenomenology is taken to its limits -- and even beyond.

• Edmund Husserl
• Jacques Lacan
• Martin Heidegger
• Maurice Merleau-Ponty
• hermeneutics
• philosophy

• State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA

  Hugh J. Silverman

• Ohio University, USA

  Algis Mickunas

• Northern Illinois University, USA

  Theodore Kisiel

• The Pennsylvania State University, USA

  Alphonso Lingis

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