Early Writings in the Philosophy of Logic and Mathematics (Husserliana: Edmund Husserl – Collected Works, 5)

This book makes available to the English reader nearly all of the shorter philosophical works, published or unpublished, that Husserl produced on the way to the phenomenological breakthrough recorded in his __Logical Investigations__ of 1900-1901. Here one sees Husserl's method emerging step by step, and such crucial substantive conclusions as that concerning the nature of Ideal entities and the status the intentional `relation' and its `objects'. Husserl's literary encounters with many of the leading thinkers of his day illuminates both the context and the content of his thought. Many of the groundbreaking analyses provided in these texts were never again to be given the thorough expositions found in these early writings.__Early Writings in the Philosophy of Logic and Mathematics__ is essential reading for students of Husserl and all those who enquire into the nature of mathematical and logical knowledge. Content: Front Matter....Pages I-XLVIII The Concept of General Arithmetic....Pages 1-6 Arithmetic as an Apriori Science....Pages 7-11 Letter from Edmund Husserl to Carl Stumpf....Pages 12-19 On the Logic of Signs (Semiotic)....Pages 20-51 Review of Ernst Schröder’s....Pages 52-91 The Deductive Calculus and the Logic of Contents....Pages 92-114 Addenda to: The Deductive Calculus and the Logic of Contents....Pages 115-120 A. Voigt’s “Elemental Logic,” in Relation to My Statements on the Logic of the Logical Calculus....Pages 121-130 Concerning the Calculus of the Logic of Contents: Rejoinder to Mr. Husserl’s Article....Pages 131-134 Husserl’s Reply to the Foregoing “Rejoinder” By Mr. Voigt....Pages 135-138 Psychological Studies in the Elements of Logic....Pages 139-170 Report on German Writings in Logic from the Year 1894....Pages 171-196 Review of Melchior Palágyi’s....Pages 197-206 A Report on German Writings in Logic from the Years 1895–1899....Pages 207-224 A Report on German Writings in Logic from the Years 1895–1899....Pages 225-245 A Report on German Writings in Logic from the Years 1895–1899....Pages 246-259 A Report on German Writings in Logic from the Years 1895–1899....Pages 260-279 A Report on German Writings in Logic from the Years 1895–1899....Pages 280-302 Comments in A. Lalande....Pages 303-304 Review of A. Marty....Pages 305-309 Front Matter....Pages 311-311 Intentional Objects....Pages 313-344 Critical Discussion of K. Twardowski....Pages 345-387 Critical Discussion of H. Cornelius....Pages 388-395 Back Matter....Pages 396-417 ....Pages 419-505

This book makes available to the English reader nearly all of the shorter philosophical works, published or unpublished, that Husserl produced on the way to the phenomenological breakthrough recorded in his Logical Investigations of 1900-1901. Here one sees Husserl's method emerging step by step, and such crucial substantive conclusions as that concerning the nature of Ideal entities and the status the intentional 'relation' and its 'objects'. Husserl's literary encounters with many of the leading thinkers of his day illuminates both the context and the content of his thought. Many of the groundbreaking analyses provided in these texts were never again to be given the thorough expositions found in these early writings.
Early Writings in the Philosophy of Logic and Mathematics is essential reading for students of Husserl and all those who enquire into the nature of mathematical and logical knowledge.

The primary intent of this volume is to give the English reader access to all the philosophical texts published by Husserl between the appearance of his first book, Philosophie der Arithmetik, and that of his second book, Logische Untersuchungen- roughly, from 1890 through 1901.