Introduction to Logic and Theory of Knowledge

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxix

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2. The Idea of Pure Logic as a Formal Theory of Science

   1. The Characterization of What is Logical Taking the Exact Sciences as Point Of Departure

      Pages 3-32

   2. Pure Logic as Theoretical Science

      Pages 33-91

   3. Formal and Real Logic

      Pages 93-111

3. Noetics, Theory of Knowledge, and Phenomenology

   1. Noetics as Theory of Justification of Knowledge

      Pages 115-154

   2. Theory of Knowledge as First Philosophy

      Pages 155-211

   3. Phenomenology as Science of Pure Consciousness

      Pages 213-237

4. The Forms of Objectification

   1. The Lower Forms of Objectification

      Pages 241-271

   2. The Higher Forms of Objectification

      Pages 273-350

5. Back Matter

   Pages 351-479

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Claire Ortiz Hill The publication of all but a small, unfound, part of the complete text of the lecture course on logic and theory of knowledge that Edmund Husserl gave at Göttingen during the winter semester of 1906/07 became a reality in 1984 with the publication of Einleitung in die Logik und Erkenntnistheorie, Vorlesungen 1906/07 edited by 1 Ullrich Melle. Published in that volume were also 27 appendices containing material selected to complement the content of the main text in significant ways. They provide valuable insight into the evolution of Husserl’s thought between the Logical Investigations and Ideas I and, therefore, into the origins of phenomenology. That text and all those appendices but one are translated and published in the present volume. Omitted are only the “Personal Notes” dated September 25, 1906, November 4, 1907, and March 6, 1908, which were translated by Dallas Willard and published in his translation of Husserl’s Early 2 Writings in the Philosophy of Logic and Mathematics. Introduction to Logic and Theory of Knowledge, Lectures 1906/07 provides valuable insight into the development of the ideas fun- mental to phenomenology. Besides shedding considerable light on the genesis of phenomenology, it sheds needed light on many other dimensions of Husserl’s thought that have puzzled and challenged scholars.

• Edmund Husserl
• Epistemology
• Husserl, Edmund
• Mathematics
• logic
• phenomenology
• philosophy of logic

From the reviews:

“This volume provides an English translation of Edmund Husserl’s lecture course … given in Göttingen in the winter semester 1906/07. … The translator contributed a valuable ‘Translator’s Introdution’ … with useful information on the context of the material and its evaluation. The lectures give insights into the development of phenomenology during an important transition period. … Translation and edition conform highest scholarly standards.” (Volker Peckhaus, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1255, 2013)

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