Edward S. Casey is Professor of Philosophy at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Donald V. Morano is a lawyer in Chicago and author of numerous essays on existential themes and the philosophy of law.

• ForewordI Reason, Existence, and Choice Reason and Existence: Or, What Spinoza was Doing up in his Room Asher Moore A Mess of Existentialist Pottage: The Existentialist Phenomenology of William Earle James M. Edie The Not-So-Private Pleasures of William Earle Robert C. Scharff II Philosophical Vision, the Transcendental, and the Mystical On Clarity, Integrity, and Philosophical Vision Philip Grier On the Possibility of Transcendental Philosophy J. N. Mohanty The Life of Spirit William J. Langan III Art, Ontology, and Consciousness Some Reflections on Spinoza's Ethics As Edifying Ontology Forrest Williams Nietzsche as the Last Philosopher of Art Erich Heller Sartre's Theory of Consciousness and the Zen Doctrine of No MindWilliam Bossart IV Morality and War, Surrealism and Memory Earle's "Rejection" of Morality Hugh Mercer Curtler On the Indefensibility of War Errol E. Harris Surrealism and the Movies: From A to Miss Zed William Fowkes Earle on Memory and the Past Edward S. Casey Afterword by William Earle Selected Bibliography of Writings by William Earle Contributors Notes

"The essays are well written, interesting, and to the point. Anyone concerned with phenomenological or existential philosophy could profitably read the book, as would those with a more general philosophical interest." — Edward Goodwin Ballard"It contains a very fine assortment of well-written essays that are clearly thought out. Several provide important comment on, and retrospective estimation of, the influence of phenomenology and existentialism on academic philosophy in the U.S."— Fred Kersten