Philosophy of Wilhelm Schapp

Daniele De Santis is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Charles University, Czech Republic. Previous titles include: Husserl and the A Priori: Phenomenology and Rationality (2021) and The Routledge Handbook for Phenomenology and Phenomenological Philosophy (co-editor, 2021). Daniele Nuccilli is MSCA-CZ Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Philosophy (ÚFaR) of Charles University, Prague. He works extensively on the early phenomenological tradition and the most recent developments of German philosophy. He has edited the Italian translation of In Geschichten verstrickt by Schapp and the collected volume The Phenomenological Movement (2020). Currently, he is completing the first English monograph on the philosophy of W. Schapp.

• List of Contributors1. On the Many Philosophies of Wilhelm Schapp: Editors’ Introduction, Daniele De Santis (Charles University, Prague) and D. Nuccilli (Charles University, Prague)Part I: Phenomenology2. Schapp on Color, Clarity, and Ideas, K. Laasik (Zhejiang University, China)3. Schapp on Perceptual Normativity, M. Summa (Wuerzburg University, Germany)4. From Sachverhalt to Geschichte and Back: Remarks on Wilhelm Schapp and the Early Phenomenological Tradition, Daniele De Santis (Charles University, Prague)5. Perception and Stories: Schapp and Plato’s Theaetetus, Alejandro G. Vigo (University of Santiago, Chile)Part II: Philosophy of Values and Law6. The Character of Things: Dinge, Werke and Wozudinge: A Path in Wilhelm Schapp’s Thought, Daniele Nuccilli (University of Rome II, Italy)7. Wilhelm Schapp’s The New Science of Law, Sophie Loidolt (TU Darmstadt, Germany)8. Wilhelm Schapp’s Qualitative Social Ontology: The Role of Values for the Law, Francesca De Vecchi (University of Milan, Italy)Part III: The Hermeneutics of Stories9. The Power of Storytelling: Being Entangled in Stories as a Core Feature of Human Identity, Susan Gottlöber (Technische Universität Dresden, Germany)10. Philosophy of Histories I: In Geschichten verstrickt: Approaches and Reflections, Nicole Thiemer (Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany)11. Philosophy of Histories II: Philosophie der Geschichten: Approaches and Reflections, Karen Joisten (Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany)Appendix12. Recollections of Husserl Wilhelm SchappIndex

The Philosophy of Wilhelm Schapp is timely, fascinating, and insightful. By featuring essays on Schapp’s significant contributions to the philosophy of perception, law, science, history, values, and existence, this volume sheds light on one of the most important representatives of early realist phenomenology. It is essential reading for anyone interested in this extraordinary chapter of phenomenology and the diverse topics of Schapp’s philosophical reflection.