The Philosophy of Wilhelm Schapp

Despite studying with Heinrich Rickert in Freiburg, Wilhelm Dilthey in Berlin, and Edmund Husserl in Gottingen, Wilhelm Schapp (1884-1965) has, until now, been largely neglected in phenomenological scholarship. As the first English-language volume dedicated to Schapp''s thought, this book seeks to correct this by investigating Schapp''s pioneering philosophy, his relationship to his contemporaries, and what we can learn from his work today. In three parts, leading international scholars introduce the key themes of Schapp''s philosophy, from his early writings to his mature reflections. The first part explores his phenomenology of perception and the bodily dimension of our existence in the world. Focus then moves to Schapp''s philosophy of law and his ideas on the problem of value-based experience, followed lastly by his hermeneutics of stories and the narrative essence of human beings. The volume closes with an autobiographical piece by Schapp himself. Translated here in English for the first time, Schapp retrospectively outlines his position in relation to Husserl and the phenomenological school more broadly. Crossing the divide between continental and analytic philosophy, The Philosophy of Wilhelm Schapp not only provides a fresh insight into the early development of the phenomenological tradition, but also demonstrates the relevance of Schapp''s thought to recent debates in areas from the philosophy of mind to the theory of contracts.>

Auteur
Daniele De Santis is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Charles University, Czech Republic. Previous titles include: Husserl and the A Priori: Phenomenology and Rationality (2021) and The Routledge Handbook for Phenomenology and Phenomenological Philosophy (co-editor, 2021). Daniele Nuccilli is a Doctoral Researcher at University of Rome II, Italy. His doctoral dissertation focuses on the phenomenological background of Wilhelm Schapp's philosophy of stories.

Contenu
Introduction, D. De Santis (Charles University, Prague) and D. Nuccilli (University of Rome II, Italy)

Part I: Phenomenology

1. Schapp on Perceptual Normativity, M. Summa (Wuerzburg University, Germany)
2. Schapp and Husserl on Spatial and Color Perception, K. Laasik (Zhejiang University, China)
3. From Sachverhalt to Geschichte and Back: Wilhelm Schapp and the Early Phenomenological Tradition, D. De Santis (Charles University, Prague)
4. Perception and Stories: Schapp and Plato's Theaetetus, A. Vigo (University of Santiago, Chile)
5. The Character of Things, Dinge, Werke and Wozudinge: A Path in Wilhelm Schapp's Thought, D. Nuccilli (University of Rome II, Italy)

Part II: Philosophy of Law

6. The New Science of Law, S. Loidolt (TU Darmstadt, Germany)
7. Choice Architecture and Wilhelm Schapp's Contractual Theory, K. P. Purnhagen (Wageningen University, The Netherlands)
8. Wilhelm Schapp's Qualitative Social Ontology: The Role of Values for the Law, De Vecchi (University of Milan, Italy)

Part III: Hermeneutics of Stories

9. Wilhelm Schapp and the Bhagavad: Monism and the Ultimate Grounding of Ethics: Challenges to the Hermeneutics of Stories, M. Pohlmeyer (University of Flensburg)
10. Philosophy of Stories I, In Geschichten verstrickt: Approaches and Reflections, N. Thiemer (Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany)
11. Philosophy of Stories II, Philosophie der Geschichten: Approaches and Reflections, K. Joisten (Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany)
12. Remembrance of Husserl, W. Schapp

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