This volume centers on the exploration of the ways in which the canonical texts and thinkers of the phenomenological and existential tradition can be utilized to address contemporary, concrete philosophical issues. In particular, the included essays address the key facets of the work of Charles Guignon, and as such, honor and extend his thought and approach to philosophy. To this end, the four main sections of the volume deal with the question of authenticity, i.e. what it means to be an authentic person, the ways in which the phenomenological and existential traditions can impact the sciences, how best to understand the fact of human mortality, and, finally, the ways philosophical reflection can help address current questions of value. The volume is designed primarily to serve as a secondary resource for students and specialists interested in rediscovering the practical application of existential and phenomenological thought. The collection of scholarly essays, then, could be used in conjunction with some of the more recent scholarship concerning the practical value of philosophy. Along with contributing to previous scholarship, the essays in this proposed volume attempt to update and expand the scope of phenomenological and existential inquiry.

Discussions on contemporary importance of the existential and phenomenological traditions Provides the reader with interdisciplinary perspectives and phenomenological interpretations of the question of authenticity Up to date phenomenological and existential resources engaging in current social, moral and cultural issues ?

Autorentext
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.

Inhalt
1: Introduction, H. Pedersen, M. Altman.- Part I Authenticity and Subjectivity.- 2: Can We Drop the Subject?: Heidegger, Selfhood, and the History of a Modern Word, L. J. Hatab.- 3: Knowing Thyself in a Contemporary Context: A Fresh Look at Heideggerian Authenticity, S. Burgess, C. Rentmeester.- 4: From Extremity to Releasement: Place, Authenticity, and the Self, J. Malpas.- 5: Guignon on Self-Surrender and Homelessness in Dostoevsky and Heidegger, K. Aho.- 6: Authenticity and Duty in Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? M.E. Zimmerman.- Part II Phenomenology Reflection on the Sciences and Technology.- 7: Phenomenology of Value and the Value of Phenomenology, B. Crowe.- 8: Heidegger and Dilthey: Language, History, and Hermeneutics, E.S. Nelson.- 9: A Phenomenological Reformulation of Psychology: Resources, Progress, and Prospects, B.J. Fowers.- 10: Philosophical Hermeneutics and the One and the Many, F.C. Richardson, R.C. Bishop.- 11: The Phenomenological Elements of Addiction: A Heideggerian Perspective, F. Schalow.- 12: A Heideggerian Critique of Cyberbeing, Richard Polt.- Part III Phenomenological Considerations of Death and Ethics.- 13: Death in Being and Time: Getting Our Stories Straight, A. Buben.- 14: Mortality and Morality: A Heideggerian Interpretation of Kierkegaard's Either/Or, M. Altman.- 15: Rethinking Levinas on Heidegger on Death, I. Thomson.- 16: Dumas and Heidegger on Death to Come, M. Ortega.- Part IV Questions of Agency and the Social.- 17: The Phenomenology of Agency and Deterministic Agent-Causation, D. Pereboom.- 18: Kierkegaard and the Problem of Ironic Agency, H Pedersen.- 19: Phenomenology as Social Critique, B. Koch.- 20: Existential Socialization, D.O. Dahlstrom.- 21: 'Demanding Authenticity of Ourselves': Heidegger on Authenticity as an Extra-Moral Ideal, M.A. Wrathall.