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International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy

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Pragmatic perspectives in phenomenology

edited byOndřej ŠvecJakub Čapek(Charles University)

Abstract

Pragmatic Perspectives in Phenomenology offers a complex analysis of the pragmatic theses that are present in the works of leading phenomenological authors, including not only Heidegger and Merleau-Ponty, as it is often the case within Hubert Dreyfus’ tradition, but also Husserl, Levinas, Scheler, and Patocka. Starting from a critical reassessment of existing pragmatic readings which draw especially on Heidegger’s account of Being-in-the-world, the volume’s chapters explore the following themes as possible justifications for speaking about the pragmatic turn in phenomenology: the primacy of the practical over theoretical understanding, criticism of the representationalist account of perception and consciousness, and the analysis of language and truth within the context of social and cultural practices. Having thus analyzed the pragmatic readings of key phenomenological concepts, the book situates these readings in a larger historical and thematic context and introduces themes that until now have been overlooked in debates, including freedom, alterity, transcendence, normativity, distance, and self-knowledge. This volume seeks to refresh the debate about the phenomenological legacy and its relevance for contemporary thought by enlarging the thematic scope of pragmatic motives in phenomenology in new and revealing ways. It will be of interest to advanced students and scholars of phenomenology who are interested in moving beyond the analytic-continental divide to explore the relationship between practice and theory.

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Publication details

Publisher: Routledge

Place: London-New York

Year: 2017

Pages: 264

Series: Routledge Research in Phenomenology

ISBN (hardback): 9781138210974

ISBN (digital): 9781315453897

Full citation:

Švec Ondřej, Čapek Jakub (2017) Pragmatic perspectives in phenomenology. London-New York, Routledge.