Explorations in phenomenology : papers of the Society for phenomenology and existential philosophy [from the eight and ninth annual meetings of the Society, held respectively at Northwestern university and at the New school for social research

Contrary to popular belief, professional philosophers want and need to be heard. Lacking a large and general public in this country, they turn to audiences of peers and rivals. But these audiences are found either in giant, unfocused professional bodies, or in restrictive groups of specialists. In this respect, the Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy can claim a unique role among academic organizations in this country. Now in its tenth year, it has become one of the most important forums in America for the open exchange of ideas. The Society has grown considerably since its founding, and its annual meetings attract scholars in philosophy and other disciplines from across the country and abroad. But these meetings differ markedly from others: too large to be dominated by any single clique or doctrine, they are at the same time small enough to encourage lively discussion within its organized sessions and not just in the corridors outside. The Society derives its focus from the two closely allied philosophical "directions" indicated in its title. Yet from the beginning it has included in its meetings a sizeable number of contributors who are not identified with or even sympathetic to these directions, but are at least willing to engage in a dialogue with those who are. Furthermore, the Society has accomplished to a limited degree something rare indeed in American intellectual life: an interdisciplinary ex- 2 INTRODUCTION change. Front Matter....Pages i-vi Introduction....Pages 1-9 Front Matter....Pages 11-11 Human Sciences and Hermeneutical Method: Meaningful Action Considered as a Text....Pages 13-46 Interpretation and the Sciences of Man....Pages 47-101 Change and Permanence: On the Possibility of Understanding History....Pages 102-132 Phenomenology and Social Science: An Overview and Appraisal....Pages 133-166 Front Matter....Pages 167-167 Husserlian Essences Reconsidered....Pages 169-183 Reflections on Evidence and Criticism in the Theory of Consciousness....Pages 184-207 Towards a Phenomenology of Self-Evidence....Pages 208-229 Phenomenology: English and Continental....Pages 230-242 Reflection on the Ego....Pages 243-252 The Self-Conciousness in Self-activity....Pages 253-260 Front Matter....Pages 261-261 Scientific Discovery: Logical, Psychological, or Hermeneutical?....Pages 263-284 On The Phenomenological Foundations of Mathematics....Pages 285-298 Edmund Husserl and the Reform of Logic....Pages 299-305 Logic and Mathematics in Husserl’s Formal and Transcendental Logic ....Pages 306-327 Front Matter....Pages 329-329 Anger and Inter-Personal Communication....Pages 331-350 The Anatomy of Anger....Pages 351-366 A Phenomenology of Emotions: Anger....Pages 367-398 Cinema Space....Pages 399-409 Variations on the Real World....Pages 410-422 Front Matter....Pages 329-329 Being-in-the-World and Ethical Language....Pages 423-433 Existence and Consciousness....Pages 434-444 Back Matter....Pages 445-448