Reviews for Understanding Phenomenology

The average rating for Understanding Phenomenology based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-07-17 00:00:00 Kevin Tidwell The word "phenomenology" often triggers PTSD and fits of erratic and often explosive rants about the "futility" and overly-complex nature of such a field. To those people I would say; You are right....but cry me a river when you can overcome your trauma by reading this book. Yes...ladies and gentlemen..phenomenology is ACTUALLY accessible by reading this book. You heard it right...so come on along and have a look at it ( I sound like a circus pimp....never said I had marketing skills). Jokes aside, this book is methodologically sane and to the point kind of read: exactly what we need when dealing with such obscure concepts. It is divided into 5 main chapters; the first 4 deal with the main theorists of phenomenology in acute detail: Husserl, Heidegger (actually fathomable here, no joke), Sartre, and Merleau-Ponty. The last chapter comprises a critique of phenomenology. Ergo, the book is methodologically solid and rich content-wise. It would be foolish from my part to try and enunciate the findings of this book, for it would take me a long time to synthesize and synthesize some more what I learned which is to be synthesized as well ad nauseam. My advice is to read this book, delve into it, have an existential crisis, then note down what you learned and carry on with your life knowing things that will help you become more of an active being in this world till Death says otherwise.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-06-16 00:00:00 Mark Stool Fantastic series! Cerbone was able to explain profound philosophy using simple metaphors and analogies for non-philosophy readers. The title of the book is so apt because at the end of it you can really say that you have understood phenomenology. It is written so lightly and so interestingly that I even considered it as a bed book. :)