Understanding Phenomenology

By: David R. Cerbone

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Paperback | 19 May 2006 | Edition Number 1

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Robert Meyers begins by distinguishing between the epistemological and psychological/causal versions of empiricism, showing that it is the former that is of primary interest to philosophers. Chapters on Locke, Berkeley, and Hume provide clear introductions to the main protagonists in the British empiricist tradition, avoiding excessive details about disputes surrounding particular philosophers. Meyers then examines more contemporary material, including the ideas of Sellars; foundations and coherence theories; the rejection of the a priori by Mill, Peirce, and Quine; scepticism; and the status of religious belief within empiricism, paying particular attention to criticisms of empiricism, such as Leibniz's criticisms of Locke on innatism and Frege's objections to Mill on mathematics. His discussions throughout are at a level that will help introductory students understand the principles of empiricism in relation to modern philosophy.

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"Understanding Phenomenology strikes a masterful balance in tone and content, combining accessibility and sophistication, generality and subtlety, exposition and criticism. It is a superb text - the best introduction to phenomenology available in English." - Taylor Carman, Barnard College, Columbia University "There is no book in print today that I know of that gives an accessible but responsible overview of the practice of phenomenology from Husserl to Merleau-Ponty. Understanding Phenomenology does this job admirably, and it does more as well - essential reading for undergraduate classes in phenomenology." - Sean Kelly, Princeton University "I enjoyed reading Cerbone's book and would certainly recommend it to my students as a jargon-free and reliable account of the central figures in phenomenology." - Dermot Moran, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

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