Descartes and Husserl
Subtitle: The Philosophical Project of Radical Beginnings (Suny Series in Philosophy)
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: November 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9780791443705
Subjects: Western philosophy, c 1600 to c 1800; Husserl, Edmund,; Descartes, Renâe,; Philosophy; Influence; History & Surveys - General; Descartes, Rene,; History & Surveys - Modern; 1596-1650; 1859-1938
Description: "This book explores the profound influence of Descartes' philosophy on Husserl's project for phenomenology. Husserl often cited Descartes as his "spiritual mentor" and the systematic doubt of the Meditations became one of the principal points of departure for beginning phenomenological investigations. However, there is an over-arching parallel between their respective philosophical enterprises which only an intimate and informed knowledge of both Descartes' and Husserl's texts can demonstrate.

The author's research shows that Husserl remained far truer to Cartesianism, precisely in those places where the influence is deeply buried, and less radical than a faithful reading of Descartes' project according to the order of reasons would reveal. Since Husserl's influence on twentieth-century continental philosophers has been so well remarked, this work uncovers the legitimacy of their assessment of his Cartesian point of departure."--BOOK JACKET.