Husserl, Perception, and Temporal Awareness (Bradford Books) - Hardcover

Izchak Miller

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0262131897 ISBN 13: 9780262131896

Publisher: The MIT Press, 1984

Synopsis

The interest of modern philosophers in the nature of perception has been motivated by this question: Does our perceptual experience provide rational justification of our empirical beliefs? The same question motivated Husserl's study of perception, and he answered it in the affirmative.

This book clarifies Husserl's notion of perceptual experience as "immediate" or "direct" with respect to its purported object, and outlines his theory of evidence. In particular, it focuses on Husserl's account of our perceptual experience of time, an aspect of perception rarely noted in', recent philosophical literature, yet which must be taken into consideration if an adequate account of perception is to be provided. Perhaps equally important, there is a new wave of work in phenomenology (and intentionality), reflecting a synthesis of phenomenological and analytic philosophy, Miller's book is an important contribution to that "new wave," and has a significant bearing on contemporary issues in cognitive science.

A Bradford Book.

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Review

"I regard Miller's book as a major contribution to the field of philosophy. It clarifies Husserl's theory of perception in a very clear and well organized way, and presents an interpretation of Husserl that is both lucid and based upon careful reading of the texts. The book is suitable as a text for courses on various main theories of perception and on Husserl's phenomenology."
- Dagfinn Føllesdal, Stanford University
"Husserlian phenomenology is only recently coming to be recognized in this country. Miller's book will make a valuable contribution to the literature of phenomenology, Husserlian scholarship, and the philosophy of perception and time. I do not know of any other work in print that treats the issues of perception and time in the depth and with the clarity that Miller does."
- Ronald McIntyre, California State University

Edition details

• Publisher: The MIT Press
• Publication date: 1984
• ISBN 10: 0262131897
• ISBN 13: 9780262131896
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 221