"The essays are well written, interesting, and to the point. Anyone concerned with phenomenological or existential philosophy could profitably read the book, as would those with a more general philosophical interest." — Edward Goodwin Ballard

"It contains a very fine assortment of well-written essays that are clearly thought out. Several provide important comment on, and retrospective estimation of, the influence of phenomenology and existentialism on academic philosophy in the U.S."— Fred Kersten

Foreword

I Reason, Existence, and Choice


Reason and Existence: Or, What Spinoza was Doing up in his Room


Asher Moore


A Mess of Existentialist Pottage: The Existentialist Phenomenology of William Earle


James M. Edie


The Not-So-Private Pleasures of William Earle


Robert C. Scharff


II Philosophical Vision, the Transcendental, and the Mystical


On Clarity, Integrity, and Philosophical Vision


Philip Grier


On the Possibility of Transcendental Philosophy


J. N. Mohanty


The Life of Spirit


William J. Langan


III Art, Ontology, and Consciousness


Some Reflections on Spinoza's Ethics As Edifying Ontology


Forrest Williams


Nietzsche as the Last Philosopher of Art


Erich Heller


Sartre's Theory of Consciousness and the Zen Doctrine of No Mind

William Bossart


IV Morality and War, Surrealism and Memory


Earle's "Rejection" of Morality


Hugh Mercer Curtler


On the Indefensibility of War


Errol E. Harris


Surrealism and the Movies: From A to Miss Zed


William Fowkes


Earle on Memory and the Past


Edward S. Casey


Afterword by William Earle


Selected Bibliography of Writings by William Earle


Contributors Notes