The present volume containing the dissertation of Dorion Cairns is the first part of a comprehensive edition of the philosophical papers of one of the foremost disseminators and interpreters of Husserlian phenomenology in North-America.
Based on his intimate knowledge of Husserlâs published writings and unpublished manuscripts and on the many conversations and discussions he had with Husserl and Fink during his stay in Freiburg i. Br. in 1931-1932. Cairnsâs dissertation is a comprehensive exposition of the methodological foundations and the concrete phenomenological analyses of Husserlâs transcendental phenomenology. The lucidity and precision of Cairnsâs presentation is remarkable and demonstrates the secure grasp he had of Husserlâs philosophical intentions and phenomenological distinctions. Starting from the phenomenological reduction and Husserlâs Idea of Philosophy, Cairns proceeds with a detailed analysis of intentionality and the intentional structures of consciousness. In its scope and in the depth and nuance of its understanding, Cairnsâs dissertation belongs beside the writings on Husserl by Levinas and Fink from the same period.
The Philosophy of Edmund Husserl - Dorion Cairns & Lester Embree
The present volume containing the dissertation of Dorion Cairns is the first part of a comprehensive edition of the philosophical papers of one of the foremost disseminators and interpreters of Husserlian phenomenology in North-America.
Based on his intimate knowledge of Husserlâs published writings and unpublished manuscripts and on the many conversations and discussions he had with Husserl and Fink during his stay in Freiburg i. Br. in 1931-1932. Cairnsâs dissertation is a comprehensive exposition of the methodological foundations and the concrete phenomenological analyses of Husserlâs transcendental phenomenology. The lucidity and precision of Cairnsâs presentation is remarkable and demonstrates the secure grasp he had of Husserlâs philosophical intentions and phenomenological distinctions. Starting from the phenomenological reduction and Husserlâs Idea of Philosophy, Cairns proceeds with a detailed analysis of intentionality and the intentional structures of consciousness. In its scope and in the depth and nuance of its understanding, Cairnsâs dissertation belongs beside the writings on Husserl by Levinas and Fink from the same period.