Variations on Truth Approaches in Contemporary Phenomenology

Bringing together leading scholars from across the world, this is a comprehensive survey of the latest phenomenological research into the perennial philosophical problem of 'truth'.

Starting with an historical introduction chronicling the variations on truth at play in the Phenomenological tradition, the book explores how Husserl's methodology equips us with the tools to thoroughly explore notions of truth, reality and knowledge. From these foundations, the book goes on to explore and extend the range of approaches that contemporary phenomenological research opens up in the face of the most profound ontological and epistemological questions raised by the tradition. In the final section, the authors go further still and explore how phenomenology relates to other variations on truth offered up by hermeneutic, deconstructive and narrative approaches.

Across the 12 essays collected in this volume, Variations on Truth explores and maps a comprehensive and rigorous alternative to mainstream analytic discussions of truth, reality and understanding.

Pol Vandevelde is Professor of Philosophy at Marquette University, USA. His previous publications include Être et Discours: La question du langage dans l'itinéraire de Heidegger (1927-1938) (Académie Royale de Belgique, 1994) and The Task of the Interpreter: Text, Meaning, and Negotiation (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2005).

Kevin Hermberg is Assistant Professor and head of the Philosophy program at Dominican College, New York, USA. His previous publications include Husserl's Phenomenology: Knowledge, Objectivity and Others (Continuum, 2006).

Notes on Contributors \ Preface \ Part I: Introduction \ 1. The Phenomenological Correlation between Consciousness and Object Faced with Its Hermeneutical Challenge Pol Vandvelde \ Part II: Husserlian Resources - Reduction, Imagination, Transcendental Idealism \ 2. Does Husserl Have a Principle of Reducibility? Dominique Pradelle \ 3. The Seduction of Images: A Look at the Role of Images in Husserl's Phenomenology John Brough \ 4. From 'Natural Attitude' to Transcendental Idealism: Continuousness or Logical Conflict? ­Jean-Francois Lavigne \ Part III: Heideggerean Variations: Dasein's Opening,Disclosure, and the History of Being \ 5. Heidegger's Hermeneutical Critique ofConsciousness Revisited Burt C. Hopkins \ 6. Transformations inHeidegger's Conception of Truth between 1927 and 1930 Lázló Tengelyi \ 7. Heidegger's Fluid Ontology in the 1930s: ThePlatonic Connection Pol Vandevelde \ PartIV: Toward a Broadened Ontology and Epistemology: Nature, Judgement and Intersubjectivity\ 8. Harmony in Opposition: On Merleau-Ponty's Heraclitean Theory of Truth ShazadAkhtar\ 9. The Role of Infinite Judgment in Hegel's Phenomenology of Truth RussellNewstadt and Andrew Cutrofello \ 10. Husserl's (even more) SocialEpistemology Kevin Hermberg \ Part V: The Avatars of Truth:Deconstruction, Conversion and Interpretation \ 11. Reduction,Construction, Destruction of a Three-Way Dialogue: Natorp, Husserl andHeidegger Jean-François Courtine\12. Truth's Absence: The Hermeneutic Resistance to Phenomenology Santiago Zabala \ 13. Truth and Interpretation Daniel O.Dahlstrom \ Bibliography \ Index.