The Essentials of Husserl: Studies in Transcendental Phenomenology (Philosophy)

Known as the founder of the phenomenological movement this book examines Husserls various phases of phenomenology during his realist transcendental static genetic and post-Crisis (of European Sciences) periods. Consisting of ten carefully researched and thoroughly examined essays this book describes Husserls concepts and ideas through numerous examples and diagrammatic representations in a bid to elucidate the nuances of phenomenology for its readers. Valuable insights into Husserls realist phase are made in the chapter on Meaning and the chapters on Natural Attitude Epoché and Phenomenological Reduction while the chapter on Noesis & Noema symbolizes the transcendental phase. Thomas points out Husserls transition from static to genetic phenomenology in the chapter on Lived Body with the chapters on Lifeworld and the Notion of the Other later focusing on this perspective. Husserls entire phenomenological space including his pre-phenomenological period are covered in the chapter on Lived Time. However the chapters on Phenomenology: The Study of Self and Beyond and Consciousness and Intentionality are the fulcrums upon which the edifice of phenomenology turns. The final chapter on Presuppositionlessness in phenomenology expresses Thomas personal enquiries into Husserls contention that phenomenology is a presuppositionless science. This book will be of particular interest to research scholars and post-graduate students in the areas of Philosophy and Social Sciences as well as those interested in contemporary Western Philosophy and the history and development of Ideas.