Phenomenology and Existentialism An Introduction [Paperback]

Professor Grossmans introduction to the revolutionary work of Husserl, Heidegger and Sartre studies the ideas of their predecessors too, explaining in detail Descartess conception of the mind, Brentanos theory of intentionality, and Kierkegaards emphasis on dread, while tracing the debate over existence and essence as far back as Aquinas and Aristotle.

For a full understanding of the existentialists and phenomenologists, we must also understand the problems that they were trying to solve. This book, originally published in 1984, presents clearly how the main concerns of phenomenology and existentialism grew out of tradition.

Preface  Part 1: The Background  1. Descartes: A New Conception of the Mind  2. Brentano: The Thesis of Intentionality  3. Kierkegaard: A Different Conception of Man  Part 2: Edmund Husserl: The Problem of Knowledge  4. The Distinction Between Particulars and Universals  5. Husserls Early View on Numbers  6. Husserls Distinction Between Essences and Their Instances  7. Husserls Distinction Between Individuals and Their Aspects  8. The Phenomenological Method  Part 3: Martin Heidegger: The Meaning of Being  9. Heideggers Project  10. Modes of Being  11. The Nature of Existence  Part 4: Jean-Paul Sartre: The Quest for Freedom  12. The Structure of Mind  13. The Origin of Nothingness  14. The Pliancy of the Past