A Companion to Phenomenology and Existentialism [Hardcover]

• Written by a team of leading scholars, including Dagfinn Føllesdal, J. N. Mohanty, Robert Solomon, Jean-Luc Marion
• Highlights the area of overlap between the two movements
• Features longer essays discussing each of the main schools of thought, shorter essays introducing prominent themes, and problem-oriented chapters
• Organised topically, around concepts such as temporality, intentionality, death and nihilism
• Features essays on unusual subjects, such as medicine, the emotions, artificial intelligence, and environmental philosophy

List of Illustrations viii

Notes on Contributors ix

Acknowledgments xiv

1 A Brief Introduction to Phenomenology and Existentialism 1
Mark A. Wrathall and Hubert L. Dreyfus

PART I PHENOMENOLOGY 7

MAIN MOVEMENTS 8

2 Husserlian Phenomenology 9
Steven Crowell

3 Existential Phenomenology 31
Mark A. Wrathall

4 French Phenomenology 48
François-David Sebbah

CENTRAL CONCEPTS 68

5 Intentionality 69
J. N. Mohanty

6 Consciousness 78
Charles Siewert

7 The Lifeworld and Lived Experience 91
Martin Jay

8 Husserl’s Reductions and the Role They Play in His Phenomenology 105&l³g