Contemporary Phenomenologies of Normativity

<p>This volume investigates forms of normativity through the phenomenological methods of description, analysis, and interpretation. It takes a broad approach to norms, covering not only rules and commands but also goals, values, and passive drives and tendencies.</p><p>Part I "Basic Perspectives" begins with an overview of the phenomena of normativity and then clarifies the constitution of norms by Husserlian and Heideggerian concepts. It offers phenomenological alternatives to the neo-Kantian and neo-Hegelian approaches that dominate contemporary debates on the "sources of normativity." Part II "From Perception to Imagination" turns to the normativity of three basic types of experiences. This part first sheds light on the normativity of perception and then illuminates the kind of normativity characteristic of imagination and drive intentionality. Part III "Social Dimensions" analyzes the norms that regulate the formation of practical communities. It takes a broad view of practical norms, discussing social and moral norms as well as the epistemic norms of scientific practices. By clarifying the divergences and interrelations between various types and levels of norms, the volume demonstrates that normativity is not one phenomenon but a complex set of various phenomena with multiple sources.</p><p><em>Contemporary Phenomenologies of Normativity: Norms, Goals, and Values</em> will be of interest to researchers and advanced students working on issues of normativity in phenomenology, epistemology, ethics, and social philosophy.</p> <p>Introduction</p><p>Sara Heinämaa, Mirja Hartimo, and Ilpo Hirvonen</p><p>I. Basic Perspectives</p><p>1. Varieties of Normativity: Norms, Goals, Values</p><p>Sara Heinämaa</p><p>2. Methodological Atheism: An Essay in the Second-Person Phenomenology of Commitment</p><p>Steven Crowell</p><p>3. What Is Moral Normativity? A Phenomenological Critique and Redirection of Korsgaard’s Normative Question</p><p>Fredrik Westerlund</p><p>4. Husserl on Specifically Normative Concepts</p><p>Andrea Staiti</p><p>II. From Perception to Imagination</p><p>5. On the Phenomenology and Normativity of Multisensory Perception: Husserlian and Merleau-Pontian Analyses</p><p>Maxime Doyon</p><p>6. Normativity in Perception</p><p>Frode Kjosavik</p><p>7. The Role of Instincts in Husserl’s Account of Reason</p><p>Julia Jansen</p><p>8. The Normativity of the Imagination: Its Critical Import</p><p>Smaranda Aldea</p><p>III. Social Dimensions</p><p>9. "Feckless Prisoners of Their Times": Historicism and Moral Reflection</p><p>David R. Cerbone</p><p>10. (Re)turning to Normality? A Bottom-Up Approach to Normativity</p><p>Maren Wehrle</p><p>11. Phenomenology of Culture and Cultural Norms</p><p>Timo Miettinen</p><p>12. Epistemic Norms and Their Phenomenological Critique</p><p>Mirja Hartimo</p>