Horizons of Authenticity in Phenomenology, Existentialism, and Moral Psychology (eBook)

Hans Pedersen is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. His research explores the conception of human agency developed in the phenomenological and existential traditions, particularly in the work of Martin Heidegger. Megan Altman is instructor of philosophy at Hiram College and a PhD candidate in philosophy at the University of South Florida. Her research interests center around a phenomenological study of ethics, especially as it emerges in Martin Heidegger’s interpretation of Ancient Greek philosophy.

Table of ContentsChapter 1: IntroductionHans Pedersen and Megan Altman Part I  Authenticity and Subjectivity Chapter 2: Can We Drop the Subject?: Heidegger, Selfhood, and the History of a Modern Word  Lawrence J. Hatab Chapter 3: Knowing Thyself in a Contemporary Context: A Fresh Look at Heideggerian AuthenticitySteven Burgess and Casey Rentmeester                                                Chapter 4: From Extremity to Releasement: Place, Authenticity, and the Self Jeff Malpas                                                                                           Chapter 5: Guignon on Self-Surrender and Homelessness in Dostoevsky and HeideggerKevin Aho                                                                                                                                Chapter 6: Authenticity and Duty in Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Michael E. Zimmerman                                                                         Part II  Phenomenology Reflection on the Sciences and TechnologyChapter 7: Phenomenology of Value and the Value of PhenomenologyBenjamin Crowe                                                                                   Chapter 8: Heidegger and Dilthey: Language, History, and Hermeneutics…Eric S. NelsonChapter 9: A Phenomenological Reformulation of Psychology: Resources, Progress, and Prospects Blaine J. Fowers                                                                                               Chapter 10: Philosophical Hermeneutics and the One and the ManyFrank C. Richardson and Robert C. Bishop                  Chapter 11: The Phenomenological Elements of Addiction: A Heideggerian Perspective Frank SchalowChapter 12: A Heideggerian Critique of CyberbeingRichard PoltPart III  Phenomenological Considerations of Death and EthicsChapter: 13 Death in Being and Time: Getting Our Stories Straight Adam BubenChapter 14: Mortality and Morality: A Heideggerian Interpretation of Kierkegaard’s Either/Or Megan AltmanChapter 15: Rethinking Levinas on Heidegger on Death Iain ThomsonChapter 16: Dumas and Heidegger on Death to Come Mariana OrtegaPart IV Questions of Agency and the SocialChapter 17: The Phenomenology of Agency and Deterministic Agent-CausationDerk PereboomChapter 18: Kierkegaard and the Problem of Ironic Agency Hans PedersenChapter 19: Phenomenology as Social CritiqueBill KochChapter 20: Existential SocializationDaniel O. DahlstromChapter 21: ‘Demanding Authenticity of Ourselves’: Heidegger on Authenticity as an Extra-Moral IdealMark A. Wrathall