内容简介
ThefirsttexttocriticallydiscussEdmundHusserl'sconceptofthe"life-world,"TheNaturalWorldasaPhilosophicalProblemreflectsJanPato?ka'syouthfulconversationswiththefounderofphenomenologyandtwoofhisclosestdisciples,EugenFinkandLudwigLandgrebe.NowavailableinEnglishforthefirsttime,thistranslationincludesanintroductionbyLandgrebeandtwoself-criticalafterwordsaddedbyPato?kainthe1970s.Uniqueinitsextremelybroadrangeofreferences,theworkaddressestheviewsofRussell,Wittgenstein,andCarnapalongsideHusserlandHeidegger,inaspiritthatconsiderablybroadenstheunderstandingofphenomenologyinrelationtoothertwentieth-centurytrendsinphilosophy.Eveneightyyearsafterfirstappearing,itisofgreatvalueasageneralintroductiontophilosophy,anditisessentialreadingforstudentsofthehistoryofphenomenologyaswellasforthosedesiringafullunderstandingofPato?ka'scontributiontocontemporarythought.
作者简介
JanPatocka(1907-1977)wasaCzechphilosopher,phenomenologist,culturalcritic,andoneofthefirstspokespersonsfortheCharta77humanrightsmovementintheformerCzechoslovakia.HewasamongEdmundHusserl'slaststudents,andheattendedHeidegger'sseminarsinFreiburg.IvanChvatikisdirectoroftheJanPato?kaArchiveandcodirectoroftheCenterforTheoreticalStudyattheInstituteforAdvancedStudyatCharlesUniversityandtheCzechAdademyofSciencesinPrague,CzechRepublic.L'ubicaUcnikisProfessorofPhilosophyatMurdochUniversityinAustralia.ErikaAbramsisanaward-winningtranslatorandfreelancewriter.ShecoeditedJanPato?kaandtheHeritageofPhenomenology,andhastranslatedandeditedfifteenvolumesofPato?ka'swritingsinFrench.LudwigLandgrebe(1902-1991)wasanAustrianphenomenologistandcloseassociateofEdmundHusserl.