The Promise of Phenomenology Posthumous

The Promise of Phenomenology: Posthumous Papers of John Wild includes articles that remained unpublished during Wild's lifetime, some of which he was preparing for publication, a journal that he kept, as well as a masterful exposition and commentary on Emmanuel Levinas' book, Totality and Infinity. This book gives a lively picture of a master philosopher at work conveying the vitality and importance of philosophy to everyday life.

Preface

ix

Acknowledgments

xv

General Introduction: John Wild's Philosophical Itinerary

xvii

Note to the Reader

xxxvii

PART I: EXPLORATIONS OF THE HUMAN LIFE-WORLD

Some Reflections on the Human Life-world

3

(8)

Frontiers of Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy

11

(18)

An Empirical Approach to the A Priori

29

(16)

The Perceptual Time-lag and Lived Time

45

(18)

A Phenomenological Approach to Relativism

63

(18)

PART II: CONVERSATIONS, REFLECTIONS AND BELIEFS

Conversations and Reflections: The Guggenheim Journal

81

(32)

The Things I Am Clear About in Philosophy

113

(8)

Editors' Appendix to Conversations, Reflections and Beliefs

121

(10)

PART III: TOWARD A PHENOMENOLOGY OF TRANSCENDENCE

The Death of God and the Life of Man

131

(14)

Guilt

145

(14)

PART IV: NEW DIRECTIONS, A PHILOSOPHER AT WORK: TOWARD A PHENOMENOLOGY OF THE OTHER

The Rights of the Other as Other

159

(10)

The Other Person: Some Phenomenological Reflections

169

(14)

Speaking Philosophy: John Wild's Commentary on Totality and Infinity

183

(68)

Appendix I: Letters

251

(6)

Letter from Harvard Colleagues to John Wild

251

(1)

Letter from Emmanuel Levinas to John Wild

252

(2)

Letter from Emmanuel Levinas to Richard Sugarman

254

(3)

Appendix II: Bibliography of John Wild's Posthumous Papers

257

(18)

Index A: Names

275

(4)

Index B: Categories

279

(8)

About John Wild

287

(2)

About the Editors

289

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