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Regarding Philosophy
Articles
Source Materials
Bibliography
Reviews
Links
Regarding Philosophy
Presenting a collection of articles and links on philosophy,
especially geared towards Theosophy. The focus will be predominantly
on the philosophical school of phenomenology. [continued]
Articles
The Relevance
of Phenomenology for Theosophy. By Govert Schuller.
Article making the case that the insights and ideas as developed
within the phenomenological movement will find fruitful
application in Theosophy.
The
Seven Theosophical Principles: An Initial Experiential Grounding
in Reflective Experience. Small essay by Govert Schuller
using some philosophical concepts to add an experiential
dimension to the seven Theosophical principles.
"The
Two Sophias or the Relationship of Theosophy and Philosophy"
by J.J. Poortman from Philosophy, Theosophy, Parapsychology:
Some Essays on Diverse Subjects
Phenomenology
and Spirituality (2001) by Govert Schuller
Do
It Yourself Phenomenology (n.d.) by Theodore Kisiel
Empirical
method in the study of esotericism
By Wouter Hanegraaff. Making a case along phenomenological
lines against both reductionists and religionists that the
empirical method is metaphysically neutral by employing
methodological agnosticism and acknowledging the historicity
of religious phenomena.
"Heideggerian
Thinking and the Eastern Mind" by Rolf von Eckartsberg
and Ronald S. Valle, from: Metaphors of Consciousness
"A
Plea for the Introduction of Edmund Husserl's Phenomenological
method into Parapsychology" (1953) by Gerda Walther
Dr.
Schuller and B. de Spinoza
Article by W. Meijer originally published in the Dutch literary
magazine De Navorscher in 1897 about the identity
of the doctor present at Spinoza's death.
Source Materials
Reader
for "The Power of Existential Intuition" class
containing a wealth of phenomenological hand-outs, quadrants,
schematisms and papers.
"What
is Phenomenology?" (1962) by Maurice Merleau-Ponty.
Much lauded Preface to his Phenomenology of Perception
Phenomenology.
By Edmund Husserl for the Encyclopaedia Britannica
(1927). Condensed presentation of his transcendental phenomenology.
Pure
Phenomenology: Its Method and Its Field of Investigation.
Inaugural lecture by Edmund Husserl at Freiburg im Breisgau,
1917.
Introduction
to The Basic Problems of Phenomenology (Bloomington,
IN:Indiana University Press, 1975). By Martin Heidegger.
"... dealing not with phenomenology but with what phenomenology
itself deals with. ... The point is not to gain some knowledge
about philosophy but to be able to philosophise."
Phenomenology.
Encyclopedia article by David Woodruff Smith. The Stanford
Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2003 Edition)
What
is Phenomenology? Introductory article by Lester Embree.
Covers basic themes and historical development.
Phenomenology
of Religion. Article by A. Scott Moreau for the Evangelical
Dictionary of Theology (revised edition; forthcoming
2000). Covers its reach and limits.
"Contemplative
Thinking: The European and Asian Approaches of Heidegger
and Krishnamurti" by Lex Hixon, chapter 1 from
Coming Home: The Experience Of Enlightenment In Sacred
Traditions
Bibliography
See its own seperate
page
Phenomenology
and its relevance in certain academic disciplines and professional
practices: An initial bibliography.
The reach of phenomenology into different non-philosophical
domains has been steadily growing with, for now, no end
in sight. This is a list of disciplines, which make extensive
use of phenomenology in its self-understanding.
Reviews
Logical
Investigations by Edmund Husserl. Reviewed by Daniel
Dahlstrom.
Gesamtausgabe.
Collected Edition of Martin Heidegger's works. Review article
by Thomas Sheehan for the New York Review of Books.
Husserl,
Heidegger, and the Space of Meaning by Steven Galt Crowell.
Review by Eric Sean Nelson. "Crowell ... argues that
Heidegger’s approach transforms rather than destroys
Husserl’s basic insights about meaning and intentionality."
Heidegger
and Nazism by Victor Farias. Review article by Thomas
Sheehan for the New York Review of Books. [pdf]
Heidegger
and Asian Thought edited by Graham Parkes. Review by
Taylor Carman.
Heidegger's
Way of Thought by Theodore Kisiel. Review by Richard
Polt. "If a deep engagement with Heidegger's work is
sought, however, then this collection and [Kisiel's] The
Genesis of Heidegger's Being and Time are essential
reading." Iain MacKenzie.
Links
The
Husserl Page. "To provide easy access to those
net resources pertaining to the life and work of the 20th
century philosopher, Edmund Husserl."
Ereignis.
Web site dedicated to Martin Heidegger.
Organization
of Phenomenological Organizations. "... to foster
communication and cooperation among phenomenologists around
the globe." Web site offers a List
of Phenomenological Organizations and a free subscription
to the Newsletter
of Phenomenology.
Center
for Advanced Research in Phenomenology. Lester Embree,
co-founder and president. " ... advancing knowledge
of and skill in phenomenology, in its many articulations,
including phenomenological philosophy and phenomenological
cultural disciplines."
The Internet
Encyclopedia of Philosophy. See entries for different
phenomenologists.
Guide
to Philosophy on the Internet. Collection of online
philosophy resources by Peter Suber.
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