Contemporary Phenomenologies of Normativity: Norms, Goals, and Values

This volume explores normativity through phenomenological methods, covering rules, commands, goals, values, and passive drives. It offers alternatives to neo-Kantian and neo-Hegelian approaches and examines the normativity of perception, imagination, and practical communities. It demonstrates that normativity is a complex set of phenomena with multiple sources.

Format: Hardback
Length: 260 pages
Publication date: 31 March 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This comprehensive volume delves into the multifaceted realm of normativity, employing phenomenological methods of description, analysis, and interpretation. It adopts a broad perspective on norms, encompassing not only rules and commands but also goals, values, and passive drives and tendencies.

Part I: Basic Perspectives provides an overview of the phenomena of normativity and elucidates the constitution of norms through Husserlian and Heideggerian concepts. It presents phenomenological alternatives to the neo-Kantian and neo-Hegelian approaches that dominate contemporary debates on the sources of normativity.

Part II: From Perception to Imagination explores the normativity of three fundamental types of experiences. It begins by shedding light on the normativity of perception and then delves into the distinctive normativity of imagination and drive intentionality.

Part III: Social Dimensions analyzes the norms that govern the formation of practical communities. It adopts a broad view of practical norms, encompassing social and moral norms as well as the epistemic norms of scientific practices. By clarifying the divergences and interrelationships between various types and levels of norms, the volume demonstrates that normativity is not a singular phenomenon but a complex set of diverse phenomena with multiple sources.

Contemporary Phenomenologies of Normativity: Norms, Goals, and Values will appeal to researchers and advanced students engaged in the study of normativity within the domains of phenomenology, epistemology, ethics, and social philosophy. Its comprehensive approach and insightful analysis offer valuable insights into the multifaceted nature of normativity and its implications for understanding human behavior and social interactions.

Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032003184