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Husserl, founder of phenomenology and teacher of Heidegger, is widely thought to have remained bound to a classical metaphysics of subjectivity, maintaining a Cartesian, idealistic, solipsistic view that the world and the Other are constituted by a pure transcendental subject. The ongoing publication of Husserl's manuscripts necessitates a revision of this interpretation. By drawing on both published works and posthumous material, Husserl's Phenomenology incorporates recent research and is organized into three parts that trace the chronological development of his thought—from early logic and intentionality analyses, through mature transcendental reductions and constitutions, to late intersubjectivity and lifeworld studies. The result is a concise, updated introduction to Husserl's thinking.
It is commonly believed that Edmund Husserl (1859-1938), well known as the founder of phenomenology and as the teacher of Heidegger, was unable to free himself from the framework of a classical metaphysics of subjectivity. Supposedly, he never abandoned the view that the world and the Other are constituted by a pure transcendental subject, and his thinking in consequence remains Cartesian, idealistic, and solipsistic. The continuing publication of Husserl's manuscripts has made it necessary to revise such an interpretation. Drawing upon both Husserl's published works and posthumous material, Husserl's Phenomenology incorporates the results of the most recent Husserl research. It is divided into three parts, roughly following the chronological development of Husserl's thought, from his early analyses of logic and intentionality, through his mature transcendental-philosophical analyses of reduction and constitution, to his late analyses of intersubjectivity and lifeworld. It can consequently serve as a concise and updated introduction to his thinking.