Description: The first English-language volume to examine the thought of Wilhelm Schapp (1884-1965): his phenomenology, philosophy of law, theories of storytelling, and his position in the phenomenological school more broadly.
Brief description: Daniele De Santis is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Charles University, Czech Republic. Previous titles include: Husserl and the A Priori: Phenomenology and Rationality (2021) and The Routledge Handbook for Phenomenology and Phenomenological Philosophy (co-editor, 2021).
Review Quotes:
"The Philosophy of Wilhelm Schapp is timely, fascinating, and insightful. By featuring essays on Schapp's significant contributions to the philosophy of perception, law, science, history, values, and existence, this volume sheds light on one of the most important representatives of early realist phenomenology. It is essential reading for anyone interested in this extraordinary chapter of phenomenology and the diverse topics of Schapp's philosophical reflection." --Alessandro Salice, University College Cork, Ireland
"This admirable collection of expert papers is a necessary and most welcome contribution to the reassessment of Wilhelm Schapp for contemporary philosophy. Schapp not only contributed early to Husserlian phenomenology of perception, but he went on to develop a sophisticated philosophy of law and values, and, further, his original, and still relevant, hermeneutical 'philosophy of stories', of narrative, of histories. This collection expertly addresses all three areas of Schapp's work and offers a valuable contemporary reassessment that will undoubtedly insert Schapp into contemporary discourse on history, stories, and the narratives of our lives." --Dermot Moran, Boston College, USA