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“Thisbookisatourdeforce—it’sthebestphenomenologicaltreatmentofthe selected topics I’ve ever read.” Søren Overgaard, University of Copenhagen, Denmark “The reception of Husserl’s thinking has suffered from the complexity of his ideas and the awkwardness of his jargon. At long last our suffering is at an end. Walter Hopp has created an introduction to phenomenology that is at the same time a pleasure to read and accurate to its subject-matter. Here begins a new era of Husserl scholarship.” Barry Smith, University at Buffalo, NY, USA Phenomenology Thecentraltaskofphenomenology istoinvestigatethenatureofconsciousnessandits relations to objects of various types. The present book introduces students and other readers to several foundational topics of phenomenological inquiry, and illustrates phenomenology’s contemporary relevance. The main topics include consciousness, intentionality, perception, meaning, and knowledge. The book also contains critical assessments of Edmund Husserl’s phenomenological method. It argues that knowledge isthemostfundamentalmodeofconsciousness,andthatthecentralthesesconstitutive of Husserl’s “transcendental idealism” are compatible with metaphysical realism regardingtheobjectsofthought,perception,andknowledge. Helpful tools include introductions that help the reader segue from the previous chapter to the new one, chapter conclusions, and suggested reading lists of primary andsomekeysecondarysources. KeyFeatures: (cid:1) Elucidates and engages with contemporary work in analytic epistemology and philosophyofmind (cid:1) Provides clear prose explanations of the necessary distinctions and arguments requiredfor understandingthe subject (cid:1) Placesknowledgeat thecenterofphenomenologicalinquiry Walter Hopp is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Boston University. He is the authorofPerceptionandKnowledge: APhenomenologicalAccount (2011). ROUTLEDGE CONTEMPORARY INTRODUCTIONS TO PHILOSOPHY Series editor: Paul K. Moser Loyola University of Chicago Thisinnovative, well-structuredseriesisfor studentswho have alreadydone an introductorycourse inphilosophy. Each bookintroduces a core general subject in contemporary philosophy and offers students an accessible but substantial transition from introductory to higher-level college work in that subject. The series is accessible to non-specialists and each book clearly motivates and expoundstheproblemsandpositionsintroduced.Anorientatingchapterbriefly introducesitstopicandremindsreadersofanycrucialmaterialtheyneedtohave retained from a typical introductory course. Considerable attention is given to explaining the central philosophical problems of a subject and the main com- peting solutions and arguments for those solutions. The primaryaim is to edu- cate students in the main problems, positions and arguments of contemporary philosophyratherthantoconvincestudentsofasingleposition. Recently Published Volumes: VirtueEthics LiezlvanZyl PhilosophyofLanguage 3rdEdition WilliamG.Lycan PhilosophyofMind 4thEdition JohnHeil PhilosophyofScience 4thEdition AlexRosenbergandLeeMcIntyre PhilosophyofWesternMusic AndrewKania Phenomenology WalterHopp For a full list of published Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philoso- phy, please visit https://www.routledge.com/Routledge-Contemporary-Introduc- tions-to-Philosophy/book-series/SE0111 Phenomenology A Contemporary Introduction Walter Hopp Firstpublished 2020 byRoutledge 52Vanderbilt Avenue,NewYork,NY10017 andbyRoutledge 2ParkSquare, MiltonPark,Abingdon, OxonOX144RN Routledge isanimprint oftheTaylor &FrancisGroup,aninformabusiness ©2020Taylor&Francis TherightofWalterHopptobeidentifiedasauthorofthisworkhasbeenassertedbyhim inaccordancewithsections77and78oftheCopyright,Designsand PatentsAct1988. Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereprintedorreproducedorutilisedinany formorbyanyelectronic,mechanical,orothermeans,nowknownorhereafterinvented, including photocopyingandrecording, orinanyinformationstorage orretrievalsystem, withoutpermission inwriting fromthepublishers. Trademarknotice:Productorcorporatenames maybetrademarksorregistered trademarks,andareusedonlyforidentificationandexplanationwithoutintenttoinfringe. LibraryofCongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names:Hopp,Walter,author.Title:Phenomenology :acontemporary introduction/ Walter Hopp.Description:NewYork, NY:Routledge, 2020.|Series:Routledge contemporaryintroductionstophilosophy|Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex.| Identifiers:LCCN2020002908(print)|LCCN2020002909(ebook) |ISBN 9780367497385(hardback)|ISBN9780367497392(paperback)|ISBN9781003047216 (ebook) |ISBN9781000069464(adobepdf)|ISBN9781000069686(epub)|ISBN 9781000069570(mobi) Subjects:LCSH:Phenomenology. Classification:LCC B829.5.H66 2020(print)|LCCB829.5(ebook)|DDC142/.7–dc23LCrecordavailableathttps://lccn. loc.gov/2020002908LCebookrecordavailable athttps://lccn.loc.gov/2020002909 ISBN:978-0-367-49738-5 (hbk) ISBN:978-0-367-49739-2 (pbk) ISBN:978-1-003-04721-6 (ebk) Typeset inTimesNewRoman byTaylor&FrancisBooks In loving memory of William John Hopp (1976–2013) and Dallas Willard (1935–2013). Contents List of illustrations xiii Acknowledgments xiv Preface xvi 1 Consciousness 1 1.1 Intentionality and Phenomenality 2 1.2 Transparency 5 1.3 A Dilemma for Phenomenology 6 1.4 Transparency and Intentionalism 9 1.5 Against Transparency 10 1.6 Conclusion 15 2 Consciousness—A Look Inside 18 2.1 Some Discoverable Features of Intentional Experiences 18 2.1.1 Intuitive Character 19 2.1.2 Positing Character 22 2.1.3 Directness 24 2.1.4 Originary Character 29 2.2 Some Further Features of Consciousness 34 2.2.1 The For-Structure of Consciousness 34 2.2.2 The Temporal Structure of Consciousness 44 2.2.3 The Attentional Structure of Consciousness 47 2.3 Conclusion 47 3 Intentionality and Meaning 50 3.1 Some Components of a Linguistic Act 51 3.2 What Meanings Aren’t 54 3.2.1 The Meaning of an Utterance is not the Utterance’s Object 54

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