Husserl is one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century and his contribution to the phenomenology movement is widely recognised. The Cartesian Meditations is his most famous, and most widely studied work. The book introduces and assesses: Husserl's life and background to the Cartesian Meditations, the ideas and text of the Cartesian Meditations and the continuing imporance of Husserl's work to Philosophy.

A. D. Smith is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Essex.

INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1 FIRST MEDITATION; Chapter 2 SECOND MEDITATION; Chapter 3 (MOST OF THE) FOURTH MEDITATION; Chapter 4 THIRD MEDITATION AND PART OF THE FOURTH; Chapter 5 FIFTH MEDITATION; CONCLUSION; APPENDIX; Bibliography; Index;