Phenomenology in a Pluralistic Context, Volume 9

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William Leon McBride, Calvin O. Schrag
SUNY Press, Jan 1, 1983 - Philosophy - 317 pages
Phenomenology in a Pluralistic Context contains papers selected from three years of meetings of the Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy (SPEP). The essays are representative of the most current thinking among North American philosophers who have been influenced by the phenomenological movement. A majority of the selections reveals a considerable mutual influence between phenomenology and other philosophical currents. Special emphasis is given to issues in social and political theory; the philosophy of medicine, of art, of language, and of religion; phenomenology's relationship to Kantianism and to Marxism; and the figures of Merleau-Ponty, Sartre, and Heidegger.
 

Contents

Loser Wins The Importance of Play in a Sartrean Ethics of Authenticity
5
MerleauPontys Political Thought Its Nature and Its Challenge
14
From Socialisme et Liberté to Pouvoir et Liberté The Case of JeanPaul Sartre
26
Interests Justice and Respect for Law in MerleauPontys Phenomenology
39
What Must I Do? at the End of Metaphysics Ethical Norms and the Hypothesis of a Historical Closure
49
Heidegger and the Problem of a Unified Theory of Action
65
Karel Kosiks Phenomenological Heritage
81
Marx and the Roots of Existential Social Thought
95
Sketch for a Phenomenology of the American Experience
177
Affectively Possible Worlds A Sketch for a Theory of Aesthetic Experience
193
Does the Transcendental Ego Speak in Tongues? or The Problem of Language for Transcendental Reflection in Husserls Phenomenology
205
The Poetic Function in Phenomenological Discourse
216
The Destiny of Transcendental Philosophy
235
The Problem of God in Sartres Being and Nothingness
245
Personalities of a Higher Order
263
Objectivity Alienation and Reflection
273

Kants ProtoPhenomenology
107
Kant and Phenomenology
120
Flirtations or Engagements? Prolegomenon to a Philosophy of Medicine
139
The Facticity of Illness and the Appropriation of Health
155
Illness and Health Alternatives to Medicine
167
Contributors
283
Notes
285
Index
315
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William L. McBride and Calvin O. Schrag are Professors of Philosophy, Purdue University.

William L. McBride and Calvin O. Schrag are Professors of Philosophy, Purdue University.

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