Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Husserl and the Cartesian Meditations
A.D. Smith 2003
E-Book: 281 English Pages
Publisher: Routledge
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Husserl is one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century and his contribution to the phenomenology movement is widely recognised. The Cartesian Meditations is his most famous, and most widely studied work. The book introduces and assesses: Husserl’s life and background to the Cartesian Meditations, the ideas and text of the Cartesian Meditations and the continuing imporance of Husserl’s work to Philosophy.
Review
David Smith’s Husserl is a timely book which provides an excellent introduction to the Cartesian Meditations and thus to phenomenology as such. Smith displays a gift in making accessible a text that is mostly regarded as highly complex and ridden with philosophical jargon… [it] will most likely become an essential introductory book to any student wishing to become acquainted with Husserl’s work.
–Lilian Alweiss, Trinity College Dublin
About the Author
A. D. Smith is lecturer in the department of Philosophy at the University of Esseex. He has written in various journals as well as an article in the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy.