Editors:
- This volume sheds new light on the idealism-realism debate which was at the heart of the early phenomenological movement
- Brings together writings by both established and young scholars working on reconstructing the early phenomenological movement
- This volume is the first to deal with the idealism-realism debate in phenomenology by looking to the works of Husserl’s students and peers
Part of the book series: Contributions to Phenomenology (CTPH, volume 112)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Realism, Platonism, and Ideal Objects in the Logical Investigations
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The Marburg Reception of Ideas I. Neo-Kantian and Critical Realist Critiques
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The Munich Circle Reception of Husserl’s Idealism. Back to the Things Themselves
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The Göttingen and Freiburg Followers. Appropriations and Amendments of Idealism
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About this book
This volume aims to contextualize the development and reception of Husserl’s transcendental-phenomenological idealism by placing him in dialogue with his most important interlocutors – his mentors, peers, and students. Husserl’s “turn” to idealism and the ensuing reaction to Ideas I resulted in a schism between the early members of the phenomenological movement. The division between the realist and the transcendental phenomenologists is often portrayed as a sharp one, with the realists naively and dogmatically rejecting all of Husserl’s written work after the Logical Investigations. However, this understanding of the trajectory of the phenomenological movement ignores the extensive and intricate contours of the idealism-realism debate. In addition to helping us better interpret Husserl’s attempts to defend his idealism, reconsidering the idealism-realism debate elucidates the relationship and differences between Husserl's phenomenology and the broader landscape of early 20th century German philosophy, particularly the Munich phenomenologists and the Neo-Kantians. The contributions to this volume reconsider many of the early interpretations and critiques of Husserl, inviting readers to assess the merits of the arguments put forward by his critics while also shedding new light on their so-called “misunderstandings” of his idealism. This text should be of interest to researchers working in the history of phenomenology and Husserlian studies.
Editors and Affiliations
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Faculty of Philosophy, Dominican University College, Ottawa, Canada
Rodney K. B. Parker
About the editor
Rodney K. B. Parker is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Dominican University College in Ottawa, Canada. He has previously held positions at the Universität Paderborn and the University of Western Ontario. He received his PhD in 2013 with his dissertation Husserl’s Transcendental Idealism and the Problem of Solipsism. Since then, he has published numerous translations and articles on the history of the phenomenological movement. He is also the co-editor of The New Yearbook for Phenomenology and Phenomenological Philosophy 16: Phenomenology of Emotions. Systematical and Historical Perspectives (2018) and Studia Phaenomenologica 15: Early Phenomenology (2015).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Idealism-Realism Debate Among Edmund Husserl’s Early Followers and Critics
Editors: Rodney K. B. Parker
Series Title: Contributions to Phenomenology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-62159-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-62158-2Published: 27 August 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-62161-2Published: 28 August 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-62159-9Published: 26 August 2021
Series ISSN: 0923-9545
Series E-ISSN: 2215-1915
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 311
Topics: Phenomenology, History of Philosophy, Continental Philosophy