1st Edition

A Historical Introduction to Phenomenology

By Seppo Sajama, Matti Kamppinen Copyright 1987
    144 Pages
    by Routledge

    144 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book offers a concise exposition of the content theory of intentionality, which lies at the root of Husserl’s phenomenology, for student and scholar. Originally published in 1982.

    The first part traces the history of phenomenology from its beginnings in Aristotle and Aquinas through Hume, Reid and the Brentano school to its first clear formulation in Frege and Husserl.

    Part two analyses some special problems involved in two important types of mental phenomena – perception and emotion – without abandoning the historical approach. Husserl’s theory of perception is extensively discussed and a Husserlian analysis of so-called de re acts is attempted.

    Preface  Part 1: History of Content Theory  1. Introductory  2. Intentionality from Aristotle to Ockham  3. Empiricism and its Critics  4. Brentano and the Revival of Intentionality  5. Twardowski’s Object Theory  6. Meinong’s Object Theory  7. Content Theory: Frege and Husserl  8. Summary and Conclusions  Part 2: Some Special Topics  9. The Intentionality of Perception  10. Adumbration and Horizon  11. The Problems of De Re Acts  12. The Intentionality of Emotions. Further Reading

    Biography

    Seppo Sajama, Matti Kamppinen