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(1970) Phenomenology in perspective, Dordrecht, Springer.

On some human uses of phenomenology

Herbert Spiegelberg

pp. 16-31

Is it at all legitimate to subject phenomenology to questions of such a pragmatic, if not utilitarian, nature as that of its human uses? Isn't it below the dignity of a true science and particularly of a philosophy which started out with the ambition of being a rigorous science to submit to this kind of a cross examination? In fact, Edmund Husserl in his historic manifesto article on "Philosophy as a Rigorous Science" solemnly disclaimed all pretensions that it could bring aid and comfort to modern man in his dire need for a philosophy of life (Weltanschauung).

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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-4447-8_2

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Spiegelberg, H. (1970)., On some human uses of phenomenology, in F. J. Smith (ed.), Phenomenology in perspective, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 16-31.

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