Intentionality, Desire, Responsibility by Awm Mooij

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This book is intended to contribute towards a justification of the human sciences. Its basic phenomenological assuption is that man is an interpreting being, in the domains of experience, desire and freedom of will. An elaboration is offered from the perspectives of psychopathology, psychoanlysis and law.

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Intentionality, Desire, Responsibility by Awm Mooij

Recently, the predominance of natural sciences seems to have cast doubt on the legitimacy of the human sciences. Adopting a phenomenological and hermeneutical point of view, this book is intended to contribute towards a justification of the human sciences, taking account of quintessentially human characteristics. The basic assumption is that man interprets his own experience and the world around him, yielding to the limitations imposed by language. Central themes are intentionality and causality, desire and lack, responsibility and loss of responsibility. Relevant domains are psychopathology and psychoanalysis-following Lacan's interpretation - and law. The rich phenomenological traditions in these domains will be drawn from throughout this book.
Antoine W.M. Mooij, Ph.D (1975) in Medicine, Professor em. of Law and Psychiatry, University Utrecht and State University Groningen. He published extensively on the phenomenological foundations of psychopathology, on hermeneutical theory of action, and on Lacanian psychoanalysis.
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ISBN 13 9789004187856
ISBN 10 9004187855
Title Intentionality, Desire, Responsibility
Author Awm Mooij
Series Studies In Contemporary Phenomenology
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Brill
Year published 2010-09-14
Number of pages 392
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