Hedwig Conrad-Martius: The Phenomenological Gateway to Reality

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This volume, the first of its kind written in English, interprets the realistic-phenomenological philosophy of Hedwig Conrad-Martius (1888-1966). She was a prominent figure in the Munich-Göttingen Circle, the first generation of phenomenology after Edmund Husserl (1859-1938), and was known as the “first lady of German philosophy”.The articles included in this collection deal with the two main themes constituting her realistic-metaphysical phenomenology: Being and the I. The new edition includes an additional chapter opening a new path into the study of Conrad-Martius with Heidegger. In addition, the collection includes a comprehensive Introduction that describes the personal background and the social and philosophical contexts behind Conrad-Martius’s thought, with an emphasis on the mutual influence and fertilization of the group of early phenomenologists in the Munich-Göttingen Circle. The book is aimed at scholars of philosophy and educated readers.

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Introduction

The Introduction presents what has been largely absent from the discussions in the various chapters: HCM’s personal background and the social and philosophical contexts of her thought. In addition, the Introduction addresses crucial aspects for understanding the hermeneutic dimensions involved in sp... see more

The Phenomenal Experience of the I: The Idea of the I in Hedwig Conrad-Martius’ Early Phenomenology

This chapter addresses the phenomenal experience of the I that is at the foundation of the realistic phenomenology of Hedwig Conrad-Martius (hereafter: HCM) (1966–1888). Focusing on HCM’s early book On the Ontology and Doctrine of Appearance of the Real External from 1916, the discussion strives to ... see more

The Duality of the I: A Commentary on Hedwig Conrad-Martius’s Realist Phenomenology

This chapter deals with the duality that characterizes the idea of the I in the realist ontology of the phenomenologist Hedwig Conrad-Martius (HCM) (1880–1966). At the basis of the discussion is the uncovering of two dimensions of duality in HCM’s perception of the I: one, appearing in her early tre... see more

The Ontological Exclusivity of the I

The pivotal insight that paved Hedwig Conrad-Martius’ (1880–1966) (HCM) way in elucidating the ontological exclusivity of the I, often referred to as “I-being” (Ichhaftes Sein), is that despite its peculiarity and incomparability to any other mode of being, only by coming to terms with “ontological ... see more

A Philosophical Resonance: Hedwig Conrad-Martius Versus Edith Stein

This chapter seeks to unearth the philosophical resonance of the ideas of Hedwig Conrad-Martius’(HCM) with Edith Stein’s thinking and thus to add an element of content to the better-known personal relations between the two phenomenologists. Here, resonance has two meanings. The first is phenomenolog... see more

The Phenomenology of the Nothing: The Hidden Dialogue Between Conrad-Martius and Heidegger

This chapter addresses the ontological perspective regarding the issue of the Nothing through the thinking of the realist phenomenologist Hedwig Conrad-Martius (1888-1966). As many of her writings were never fully elaborated, the discussion consults the thinking of her contemporary, Martin Heidegger... see more

The Realism of Transcendence: A Critical Analysis of Hedwig Conrad-Martius’ Early Ontology

This chapter focuses on the problem of transcendence in “On the Ontology and Doctrine of Appearance of the Real External World” (HCM, 1916) (Doctrine of Appearance)—the first publication from a vast corpus of writings by Hedwig Conrad-Martius (1888–1966) (HCM). The principles of the realistic phenom... see more

“The Gate of Reality”: Hedwig Conrad-Martius’s Idea of Reality in Realontologie

The question “what is reality?” that opens Realontologie (HCM, 1923), the establishing book in Hedwig Conrad-Martius’s (HCM) oeuvre, establishes her realistic metaphysics. In her opinion, the firmly established “blinding insight” in modern philosophy regarding the unfathomable contrast between the i... see more

The External World—“Whole” and “Parts”: A Husserlian Hermeneutics of the Early Ontology of Hedwig Conrad-Martius

This chapter proposes an analysis of Hedwig Conrad-Martius’s (1888–1966) On the Ontology and Doctrine of Appearance of the Real External World (Conrad-Martius in Jahrbuch für Phänomenologie und philosophische Forschung III. Max Niemeyer, Halle, pp. 345–542) from the perspective of Husserl’s theory, ... see more

From the “Still Covered” to the “Pure Primordial” Phenomena and Back: The External World in the Phenomenology of Conrad-Martius

This chapter addresses the two questions HCM poses at the opening of her first great treatise, “On the Ontology and Doctrine of Appearance of the Real External World” (HCM, 1916): “In which real mode are perceived “essences (Washeiten)” given to us, in more or less big definiteness (Bestimmtheit)? A... see more

The Vocabulary of Reality

This chapter seeks to extricate and explicate the unique vocabulary that was consolidated by the realistic phenomenologist Hedwig Conrad-Martius (HCM) in her establishing book Realontologie (HCM, 1923). Among the concepts are: “Essence” (Wesenheit), “Bearer” (Träger), Selfness (Selbsthaftigkeit), Ca... see more

In the Midst of Being: The Journey into the Internality of Reality in Hedwig Conrad-Martius’ Metaphysics

This chapter delineates the main milestones in the trajectory to the internality of Being in HCM’s thinking against Husserl’s transcendentalism. It starts by uncovering the multi-aspect duality that characterizes the real being, continues in encountering the limitations and constraints that are impo... see more

The Metaphysical Absolutizing of the Ideal: Hedwig Conrad-Martius’ Criticism of Husserl’s Idealism

This article discusses the main arguments of Hedwig Conrad-Martius (HCM) against the worldview (Weltanschauung) of idealism in connection to her phenomenological idea of reality. The discussion focuses on her most far-reaching critical argument concerning the damage caused by idealism to the possibi... see more

Essence, Abyss, and Self: Hedwig Conrad-Martius on the Non-spatial Dimensions of Being

Hedwig Conrad-Martius (1888–1966) (HCM), one of the outstanding pioneers of the realistic phenomenological school, describes the reality (Realität) to which her philosophizing is addressed as “totally non-material corporeality”. With this contradictory expression, she seeks to affirm two foundationa... see more

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