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TEHRAN-- The Ney releasing house in Tehran has recently released the very first volume of German philosopher Edmund Husserls book The
Logical Investigations in Persian.Taleb Jaberi is the translator of the book initially released in 1900
Composed in two volumes, the book illustrates the approach of reasoning and slams psychologism, the view that reasoning is based upon
psychology.The work has actually been applauded by thinkers for assisting to discredit psychologism, Husserls opposition to which has been
attributed to the philosopher Gottlob Freges criticism of his Philosophy of Arithmetic (1891 )
The Logical Investigations influenced philosophers such as Martin Heidegger and Emil Lask, and contributed to the advancement of
phenomenology, continental philosophy and structuralism
It has actually been compared to the work of the philosophers Immanuel Kant and Wilhelm Dilthey, the latter of whom praised the work
The work has been slammed for its obscurity, and some analysts have maintained that Husserl inconsistently advanced a kind of psychologism,
in spite of Husserls critique of psychologism
When Husserl later on released Ideas in 1913, he lost support from some followers who thought the work embraced a different philosophical
position from that which Husserl had endorsed in The Logical Investigations
Husserl acknowledged in his manuscripts that the work experienced shortcomings.Husserl is the founder of phenomenology and The Logical
Investigations is his most popular work
It had a decisive impact on twentieth-century approach and is one of couple of works to have actually affected both continental and analytic
philosophy.Photo: Front cover of the Persian edition of Edmund Husserls book The Logical Investigations
