Back to 'things in themselves' : a phenomenological foundation for classical realism

Author(s)

• Seifert, Josef

Bibliographic Information

Back to 'things in themselves' : a phenomenological foundation for classical realism

Josef Seifert

（Routledge library editions, . Phenomenology ; v. 9）

Routledge, 2014, c1987

Other Title

Back to "things in themselves" : a phenomenological foundation for classical realism : a thematic study into the epistemological-metaphysical foundations of phenomenological realism, a reformulation of the method of phenomenology as noumenology, and a critique of subjectivist transcendental philosophy and phenomenology

Back to "things in themselves" : a phenomenological foundation for classical realism

Note

Reprint. Originally published as "Back to 'things in themselves' : a phenomenological foundation for classical realism : a thematic study into the epistemological-metaphysical foundations of phenomenological realism, a reformulation of the method of phenomenology as noumenology, and a critique of subjectivist transcendental philosophy and phenomenology" by Routledge & Kegan Paul, New York, 1987. (In series: Studies in phenomenological and classical realism)

Set ISBN for subseries "Phenomenology": 9780415838542

Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-349) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

In an enlightening dialogue with Descartes, Kant, Husserl and Gadamer, Professor Seifert argues that the original inspiration of phenomenology was nothing other than the primordial insight of philosophy itself, the foundation of philosophia perennis. His radical rethinking of the phenomenological method results in a universal, objectivist philosophy in direct continuity with Plato, Aristotle and Augustine. In order to validate the classical claim to know autonomous being, the author defends Husserl's methodological principle "Back to things themselves" from empiricist and idealist critics, including the later Husserl, and replies to the arguments of Kant which attempt to discredit the knowability of things in themselves. Originally published in 1982, this book culminates in a phenomenological and critical unfolding of the Augustinian cogito, as giving access to immutable truth about necessary essences and the real existence of personal being.

Table of Contents

Analytical Table of Contents. Preface Part 1: The Classical Principle of Phenomenology: "Back to Things Themselves" Part 2: The Cogito and Indubitable Knowledge Part 3: Objective Knowledge of "Things in Themselves"

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Details

• NCID: BB13414299
• ISBN:
  • 9780415703079
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Abingdon, Oxon
• Pages/Volumes: xviii, 364 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • DC23 : 142.7
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Phenomenology
  • LCSH : Realism
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA62797390