Phenomenology of Natural Science
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CONTRIBUTIONS TO PHENOMENOLOGY IN COOPERATION WITH
THE CENTER FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH IN PHENOMENOLOGY Volume 9
Editorial Board: William R. McKenna, Miami University (Editor) David Carr, University of Ottawa Lester Embree, Florida Atlantic University J. Claude Evans, Washington University Jose Huertas-Jourda, Wilfred Laurier University Joseph J . Kockelmans, The Pennsylvania State University Aigis Mickunas, Ohio University J. N. Mohanty, Temple University Thomas M. Seebohm, Johannes Gutenberg-Universitiit, Mainz Richard M. Zaner, Vanderbilt University
Scope The purpose of this series is to foster the development of phenomenological philosophy through creative research. Contemporary issues in philosophy, other disciplines and in cuI ture generally, offer opportunities for the application of phenomenological methods that caJl for creative responses. Although the work of severaJ generations of thinkers has provided phenomenology with many results with which to approach these challenges, a truly succesful response to them will require building on this work with new analyses and methodologicaJ innovations.
PHENOMENOLOGY OF NATURAL SCIENCE edited by
LEEHARDY Calvin College, u.S.A. and
LESTER EMBREE Florida Atlantic University, Florida, U.S.A.
SPRINGER-SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, B.V.
Library ofCongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Phenomenology of natural sclence / edlted by Lee Hardy and Lester Embree. cm. -- (Contrlbutlons to phenomenology ; v. 9l p. Includes blbl10graphlcal references and Index. ISBN 978-94-010-5159-0 ISBN 978-94-011-2622-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-011-2622-9
1. Sclence--Phl1osophy. 2. Phenomenol0gy. II. Embree, Lester E. III. Serles.
1. Hardy, Lee.
0175.P49 1992 501--dc20
91-33454
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ISBN 978-94-010-5159-0
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Table of Contents
Preface...................................................... vii
Chapter 1. The Idea of Science in Husserl and the Tradition Lee Hardy ...................................... 1 Chapter 2. Comments on Henry Margenau's 'Phenomenology and Physics' Aron Gurwitsch ................................ 35 Chapter 3. Life-World as Built World Henry Davis ..... .............................. 45 Chapter 4. Indirect Mathematization in the Physical Sciences John 1. Drummond .............................. 71 Chapter 5. Of Exact and Inexact Essences in Modern Physical Science Pierre Kerszberg ................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 93 Chapter 6. Husserl's Phenomenology and the Ontology of the Natural Sciences Charles W. Harvey and Jim D. Shelton . ............. 119 Chapter 7. Parts, Wholes
