Together with Joona Taipale (University of Jyväskylä), I have co-edited a forthcoming volume that gathers eighteen contributions authored by some of the most prominent scholars in contemporary phenomenology. The volume, entitled “Phenomenology: 5 Questions”, is part of the 5 Questions Series, published by Automatic Press/VIP.
The contributors to the volume are: Renaud Barbaras, Rudolf Bernet, John B. Brough, David Carr, Steven Crowell, Françoise Dastur, Nicolas De Warren, John Drummond, Günter Figal, Shaun Gallagher, Miguel García-Baró, Sara Heinämaa, Nam-In Lee, Dermot Moran, Tetsuya Sakakibara, Anthony J. Steinbock, Bernhard Waldenfels, and Dan Zahavi.
The format of the contributions, conceived as responses to a five question questionnaire, allowed each author to address in a concise and flexible way a broad range of topics, from personal reflections on how each was drawn into phenomenology, to considerations of the latter’s significance in the contemporary intellectual landscape. The result is a volume containing insightful and thought-provoking reflections about the past, present, and future of phenomenology from outstanding scholars in the field.
The five questions each contributor was asked to address were: 1. Why were you initially drawn to phenomenology? 2. What are your main contributions to the field of phenomenology? 3. What is the proper role of phenomenology in relation to other disciplines? 4. What have been the most significant advances in phenomenology? 5. What are the most important open problems in phenomenology and what are the prospects for progress?