The Concrete and the Plural

As the motto »To the matters themselves!« (Zu den Sachen selbst!)shows, Husserl's phenomenology seeks to ground philosophy and thesciences on a solid foundation by going back to things themselves asconcrete matters. Ever since the publication of Husserl's Logical Investigationsin the year 1900/1911 that launched the phenomenologicalmovement, there have been many interpreters who believe that Husserl'sphenomenology is abstract and monistic. The aim of this bookis to correct these interpretations by showing that it is a concrete andpluralistic philosophy.Discussing some basic themes such as intentionality, transcendentalgenesis, transcendental subjectivity, the life-world, the relationshipbetween philosophy and empirical disciplines, and the issue of firstphilosophy and metaphysics, this book explains how the topic of >TheConcrete and the Plural< guided Husserl in developing his phenomenologyfrom the beginning to the end and develops phenomenologyinto a more concrete and more pluralistic philosophy than any otherphilosophy that has appeared up until now.