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Joaquim de Carvalho e a Fenomenologia

José Maurício de Carvalho

Phainomenon October 1, 2011 DOI: 10.2478/phainomenon-2011-0007 (opens in new tab)

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Key points Argues that Joaquim de Carvalho's contribution to phenomenology in Portugal extends beyond his introduction to the Portuguese translation of The Philosophy of Rigor as Science, using Husserl's ideas to critique Hegelian and positivist conceptions in his History of Philosophy and to treat problems such as homesickness, as part of a project of publishing phenomenology in Portugal, especially in education.

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Abstract The paper studies the contribution of Joaquim de Carvalho, a teacher at the University of Coimbra in the first half of last century, to the phenomenological movement in Portugal. Its importance is not restricted to the introduction he had prepared for the Portuguese translation of The Philosophy of rigor as science. He used the lessons of Edmund Husserl to build a critique of Hegelian and positivist conceptions in his work History of Philosophy. It also draws on phenomenology to treat problems such as homesickness. All these aspects of the project as publisher of phenomenology in Portugal, especially in education.

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