Dermot Moran provides a lucid, engaging, and critical introduction to Edmund Husserl's philosophy, with specific emphasis on his development of phenomenology. This book is a comprehensive guide to Husserl's thought from its origins in nineteenth-century concerns with the nature of scientific knowledge and with psychologism, through his breakthrough discovery of phenomenology and his elucidation of the phenomenological method, to the late analyses of culture and the life-world. Husserl's complex ideas are presented in a clear and expert manner. Individual chapters explore Husserl's key texts including Philosophy of Arithmetic, Logical Investigations, Ideas I, Cartesian Meditations and Crisis of the European Sciences. In addition, Moran offers penetrating criticisms and evaluations of Husserl's achievement, including the contribution of his phenomenology to current philosophical debates concerning consciousness and the mind. Edmund Husserl is an invaluable guide to understanding the thought of one of the seminal thinkers of the twentieth century. It will be helpful to students of contemporary philosophy, and to those interested in scientific, literary and cultural studies on the European continent.

Dermot Moran provides a lucid, engaging, and critical introductionto Edmund Husserl's philosophy, with specific emphasis on hisdevelopment of phenomenology. This book is a comprehensive guide toHusserl's thought from its origins in nineteenth-centuryconcerns with the nature of scientific knowledge and withpsychologism, through his breakthrough discovery of phenomenologyand his elucidation of the phenomenological method, to the lateanalyses of culture and the life-world. Husserl's complex ideas arepresented in a clear and expert manner. Individual chapters exploreHusserl's key texts including Philosophy of ArithmeticLogical Investigations, Ideas I, CartesianMeditations and Crisis of the European Sciences. Inaddition, Moran offers penetrating criticisms and evaluations ofHusserl's achievement, including the contribution of hisphenomenology to current philosophical debates concerningconsciousness and the mind.Edmund Husserl is an invaluable guide to understandingthe thought of one of the seminal thinkers of the twentiethcentury. It will be helpful to students of contemporary philosophyand to those interested in scientific, literary and culturalstudies on the European continent.

Acknowledgements.Abbreviations.Introduction.Chapter One: Edmund Husserl (1859-1938): Life and Writings.Chapter Two: Husserl's Conception of Philosophy.Chapter Three: The Philosophy of Arithmetic (1891).Chapter Four: Husserl's 'Breakthrough Work': LogicalInvestigations (1900/1901).Chapter Five: The Eidetic Phenomenology of Consciousness.Chapter Six: Husserl's Transcendental.Phenomenology: An Infinite Project.Chapter Seven: The Ego, Embodiment, OthernessIntersubjectivity, and the 'Community of Monads'.Chapter Eight: Conclusion: Husserl's Contribution toPhilosophy.Notes.Bibliography.Index