Product Description

In this work Crowell proposes that the distinguishing feature of 20th-century philosophy is not so much its emphasis on language as its concern with meaning. He argues that transcendental phenomenology is indispensible to the philosophical explanation of the space of meaning.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #1091751 in Books
• Published on: 2001-01-31
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 323 pages

Customer Reviews

Absolutely wonderful
Together with the Friedman and Bambach books I've reviewed, this is one of the best Heidegger books I've read in the last 8 months. The book's chapters I think derive from papers previously published but there is no overlap nor repetition. The book has much that is novel and radical: it contains a wonderful overview of neo-kantianism, several chapters dealing with Emil Lask, a huge influence on Heidegger and younger member of the SW School of Neo-Kantianism who dies in WW1 at the age of 37, Heidegger's relatonship to Rickert and his neo-kantian training, and more generally a good feel of how Heidegger, Husserl and the origins of phenomenology arose against the backdrop of both the Marburg and SW Neo-Kantians. Crowell's case is that Heidegger and Husserl are both crucially concerned with meaning and that Heidegger can be considered as a trascendental phenomenologist in Being and Time. Intriguingly, Crowell draws parallels with German philosophy in the early 20th century and that of the analytic philosophy of Brandom and McDowell at the close of the 20th century.

This book is marvellous: if you like German philosophy, a must read.