Husserl, Heidegger, and the Space of Meaning: Paths Toward Trancendental Phenomenology

by Steven Galt Crowell, David Michael Kleinberg-Levin (Editor), John McCumber (Editor)

Winner of 2002 Edward Goodwin Ballard Prize

In a penetrating and lucid discussion of the enigmatic relationship between the work of Edmund Husserl and Martin Heidegger, Steven Galt Crowell proposes that the distinguishing feature of twentieth-century philosophy is not so much its emphasis on language as its concern with meaning. Arguing that transcendental phenomenology is indispensable to the philosophical explanation of the space of meaning, Crowell shows how a proper understanding of both Husserl and Heidegger reveals the distinctive contributions of each to that ongoing phenomenological project.

Genres: Philosophy

323 pages, Paperback

First published April 14, 2001