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- Covers the development of Husserl’s concept of the a priori in a systematic way
- Uniquely lays out the foundation for a systematic understanding of Husserl’s concept of reason in both its transcendental and ontological form
- Focuses on the relation between the concepts of a priori and reason within Husserl’s phenomenology
Part of the book series: Contributions to Phenomenology (CTPH, volume 114)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Husserl on Psychologism and the A Priori
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Husserl on the Notion of A Priori Before the Eidos
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On How to Apprehend the Ideal: Three Different Stages
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Essence, Pure Essence, Eidos. The Doctrine of the A Priori in Ideas I
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Adventures and Misadventures of the Rationalität
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Formal and Material, Innate and Contingent A Priori
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About this book
This book presents a systematic discussion of the development of Husserl’s concept of the a priori from his early and through his later writings. The chapters contained herein analyze the different phases and aspects of Husserl’s phenomenology of the a priori in light of his twofold notion of reason, construed as both ontological and transcendental.
Starting from the assessment of the introduction of the notion of a priori knowledge in the context of the Logical Investigations, this text uniquely explores its development during the Göttingen years. It is at this time during his work on The Crisis of European Sciences, that Husserl comes to see the a priori as a criterion to interpret the history of philosophy, notably, modern philosophy. This book sheds light upon such concepts as: essence and eidos; ideation, eidetic attitude and eidetic reduction; as well as formal and material, innate and contingent a priori. The author argues that the a priori becomes for Husserl the expression of an ontological form of rationality, i.e., the rationality immanent to being. This book appeals to students and researchers working on Husserl and phenomenology.
Authors and Affiliations
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Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Charles University, Prague 1, Czech Republic
Daniele De Santis
About the author
Daniele De Santis is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies (ÚFAR) of Charles University, Prague. He has published extensively on 20th century phenomenology, with a special focus on Husserl and the Göttingen circle. His interests cover a wide array of different areas, including Plato and the history of Platonism, Kant and transcendental philosophy, as well as Derrida and the tradition of French phenomenology. He is the author of Derrida tra le fenomenologie: 1953-1967. La differenza e il trascendentale (2018); Di Idee ed essenze. Un dibattito su fenomenologia e ontologia (1921-1930) (2014). He is also the co-editor of Edmund Husserl between Platonism and Aristotelianism (2018).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Husserl and the A Priori
Book Subtitle: Phenomenology and Rationality
Authors: Daniele De Santis
Series Title: Contributions to Phenomenology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69528-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-69527-9Published: 10 June 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-69530-9Published: 11 June 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-69528-6Published: 09 June 2021
Series ISSN: 0923-9545
Series E-ISSN: 2215-1915
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 331
Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations
Topics: Phenomenology, Continental Philosophy, Ontology