Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Introduction: The Self-Positing Society 1
5. PART I HUSSERL, SCIENCE, MODERNITY
6. 1 The Modern Sciences and Phenomenology 33
7. 2 The Modernity of Science 61
8. PART II PARADOX AND OBSERVATION
9. 3 The Paradox of Observing Systems 79
10. 4 Deconstruction as Second-Order Observing 94
11. 5 Identity-What or How? 113
12. 6 The Cognitive Program of Constructivism and the Reality That Remains Unknown 128
13. PART III COMMUNICATION 153
14. 7 What Is Communication? 155
15. 8 How Can the Mind Participate in Communication? 169
16. 9 I See Something You Don't See 187
17. Notes 197
18. Works Cited 213
19. Index 225