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Aesthetic Genesis: The Origin of Consciousness in the Intentional Being of Nature
Author(s): Jeff Mitscherling (Author)
- Publisher: University Press of America
- Publication Date: 15 Dec. 2009
- Language: English
- Print length: 174 pages
- ISBN-10: 076185021X
- ISBN-13: 9780761850212
Book Description
This book reverses the fundamental tenet of phenomenology-that all consciousness is intentional (that is, directed toward an object). Mitscherling rehabilitates the pre-modern concepts of ‘intentional being’ and ‘formal causality’ in the construction of a comprehensive phenomenological analysis of embodiment, aesthetic experience, interpretation of texts, moral behavior, and cognition.
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About the Author
Jeff Mitscherling is professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Guelph.
