Variations on Truth: Approaches in Contemporary Phenomenology (Issues in Phenomenology and Hermeneutics)

Bringing together leading scholars from across the world, this is a comprehensive survey of the latest phenomenological research into the perennial philosophical problem of ‘truth'. Starting with an historical introduction chronicling the variations on truth at play in the Phenomenological tradition, the book explores how Husserl's methodology equips us with the tools to thoroughly explore notions of truth, reality and knowledge. From these foundations, the book goes on to explore and extend the range of approaches that contemporary phenomenological research opens up in the face of the most profound ontological and epistemological questions raised by the tradition. In the final section, the authors go further still and explore how phenomenology relates to other variations on truth offered up by hermeneutic, deconstructive and narrative approaches. Across the 12 essays collected in this volume, __Variations on Truth__ explores and maps a comprehensive and rigorous alternative to mainstream analytic discussions of truth, reality and understanding.> Cover Half-title Title Copyright Contents Notes on Contributors Preface Part I Introduction Chapter 1 The Phenomenological Correlation between Consciousness and Object Faced with Its Hermeneutical Challenge Part II Husserlian Resources Reduction, Imagination, Transcendental Idealism Chapter 2 Does Husserl Have a Principle of Reducibility? Chapter 3 The Seduction of Images A Look at the Role of Images in Husserl’s Phenomenology Chapter 4 From “Natural Attitude” to Transcendental Idealism Continuousness, or Logical Confl ict? Part III Heideggerean Variations Dasein’s Opening, Disclosure, and the History of Being Chapter 5 Heidegger’s Hermeneutical Critique of Consciousness Revisited Chapter 6 Transformations in Heidegger’s Conception of Truth between 1927 and 1930 Chapter 7 Heidegger’s Fluid Ontology in the 1930s The Platonic Connection Part IV Toward a Broadened Ontology and Epistemology Chapter 8 Harmony in Opposition On Merleau-Ponty’s Heraclitean Vision of Truth Chapter 9 The Role of Infi nite Judgment in Hegel’s Phenomenology of Truth Chapter 10 Husserl’s (even more) Social Epistemology Part V The Avatars of Truth Interpretation, Deconstruction, and Conversation Chapter 11 Reduction, Construction, Destruction of a Three-way Dialogue Chapter 12 Truth’s Absence Chapter 13 Truth and Interpretation Bibliography Index Annotation Bringing together leading scholars from across the world, this is a comprehensive survey of the latest phenomenological research into the perennial philosophical problem of 'truth'. Starting with an historical introduction chronicling the variations on truth at play in the Phenomenological tradition, the book explores how Husserl's methodology equips us with the tools to thoroughly explore notions of truth, reality and knowledge. From these foundations, the book goes on to explore and extend the range of approaches that contemporary phenomenological research opens up in the face of the most profound ontological and epistemological questions raised by the tradition. In the final section, the authors go further still and explore how phenomenology relates to other variations on truth offered up by hermeneutic, deconstructive and narrative approaches. Across the 12 essays collected in this volume, Variations on Truth explores and maps a comprehensive and rigorous alternative to mainstream analytic discussions of truth, reality and understanding Presents a survey of contemporary phenomenological research into the problem of truth. Starting with an historical introduction chronicling the variations on truth at play in the Phenomenological tradition, this book explores how Husserl's methodology equips us with the tools to thoroughly explore notions of truth, reality and knowledge.