Abstract: Since the middle of the 18th century, the term phenomenology has been used in philosophy for a variety of theories of phenomena. Hegel used the term for his theory of the stages of development of the spirit. In the present time, phenomenology is primarily used for the philosophy of the Czecho–German philosopher Edmund Husserl. Husserl's phenomenology has developed into one of the major trends in contemporary philosophy and has also been a main influence on Heidegger and Sartre's existentialisms. This chapter presents a general survey of phenomenology and discusses the phenomenological theory of perception. Illusions, together with hallucinations, are a source of some of the major philosophical problems of perception and are, at the same time, a touchstone for the adequacy of any theory of perception.
Publication Year: 1974
Publication Date: 1974-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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