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The aim of this volume is to critically assess the philosophical
importance of phenomenology as a method for studying the
normativity of meaning and its transcendental conditions. Using the
pioneering work of Steven Crowell as a springboard,
phenomenologists from all over the world examine the promise of
phenomenology for illuminating long-standing problems in
epistemology, the philosophy of mind, action theory, the philosophy
of religion, and moral psychology. The essays are unique in that
they engage with the phenomenological tradition not as a collection
of authorities to whom we must defer, or a set of historical
artifacts we must preserve, but rather as a community of
interlocutors with views that bear on important issues in
contemporary philosophy. The book is divided into three thematic
sections, each examining different clusters of issues aimed at
moving the phenomenological project forward. The first section
explores the connection between normativity and meaning, and asks
us to rethink the relation between the factual realm and the
categories of validity in terms of which things can show up as what
they are. The second section examines the nature of the self that
is capable of experiencing meaning. It includes essays on
intentionality, agency, consciousness, naturalism, and moral
normativity. The third section addresses questions of philosophical
methodology, examining if and why phenomenology should have
priority in the analysis of meaning. Finally, the book concludes
with an afterword written by Steven Crowell. Normativity, Meaning,
and the Promise of Phenomenology will be a key resource for
students and scholars interested in the phenomenological tradition,
the transcendental tradition from Kant to Davidson, and
existentialism. Additionally, its forward-looking focus yields
crucial insights into pressing philosophical problems that will
appeal to scholars working across all areas of the discipline.
The aim of this volume is to critically assess the philosophical
importance of phenomenology as a method for studying the
normativity of meaning and its transcendental conditions. Using the
pioneering work of Steven Crowell as a springboard,
phenomenologists from all over the world examine the promise of
phenomenology for illuminating long-standing problems in
epistemology, the philosophy of mind, action theory, the philosophy
of religion, and moral psychology. The essays are unique in that
they engage with the phenomenological tradition not as a collection
of authorities to whom we must defer, or a set of historical
artifacts we must preserve, but rather as a community of
interlocutors with views that bear on important issues in
contemporary philosophy. The book is divided into three thematic
sections, each examining different clusters of issues aimed at
moving the phenomenological project forward. The first section
explores the connection between normativity and meaning, and asks
us to rethink the relation between the factual realm and the
categories of validity in terms of which things can show up as what
they are. The second section examines the nature of the self that
is capable of experiencing meaning. It includes essays on
intentionality, agency, consciousness, naturalism, and moral
normativity. The third section addresses questions of philosophical
methodology, examining if and why phenomenology should have
priority in the analysis of meaning. Finally, the book concludes
with an afterword written by Steven Crowell. Normativity, Meaning,
and the Promise of Phenomenology will be a key resource for
students and scholars interested in the phenomenological tradition,
the transcendental tradition from Kant to Davidson, and
existentialism. Additionally, its forward-looking focus yields
crucial insights into pressing philosophical problems that will
appeal to scholars working across all areas of the discipline.
The received view of Martin Heidegger's work is that he leaves
little room for reason in the practice of philosophy or the conduct
of life. Citing his much-scorned remark that reason is the
"stiff-necked adversary of thought", critics argue that Heidegger's
philosophy effectively severs the tie between reason and
normativity, leaving anyone who adheres to his position without
recourse to justifying reasons for their beliefs and actions.
Transcending Reason is a collection of essays by leading Heidegger
scholars that challenges this view by exploring new ways to
understand Heidegger's approach to the relationship between reason,
normativity, and the philosophical methodology that gives us access
to these issues. The volume points to Heidegger's novel approach to
reason understood in terms of what he calls Dasein's
'transcendence'-the ability to occupy the world as a space of
normatively structured meanings in which we navigate our striving
to be. By examining the strengths and weaknesses of this new and
innovative take on Heidegger's philosophy, this collection
considers the possibility that he does not sever but rather
reconceives the relation between reason and normativity.
The received view of Martin Heidegger's work is that he leaves
little room for reason in the practice of philosophy or the conduct
of life. Citing his much-scorned remark that reason is the
"stiff-necked adversary of thought", critics argue that Heidegger's
philosophy effectively severs the tie between reason and
normativity, leaving anyone who adheres to his position without
recourse to justifying reasons for their beliefs and actions.
Transcending Reason is a collection of essays by leading Heidegger
scholars that challenges this view by exploring new ways to
understand Heidegger's approach to the relationship between reason,
normativity, and the philosophical methodology that gives us access
to these issues. The volume points to Heidegger's novel approach to
reason understood in terms of what he calls Dasein's
'transcendence'-the ability to occupy the world as a space of
normatively structured meanings in which we navigate our striving
to be. By examining the strengths and weaknesses of this new and
innovative take on Heidegger's philosophy, this collection
considers the possibility that he does not sever but rather
reconceives the relation between reason and normativity.
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