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The present volume containing the dissertation of Dorion Cairns is the first part of a comprehensive edition of the philosophical papers of one of the foremost disseminators and interpreters of Husserlian phenomenology in North-America. Based on his intimate knowledge� of Husserl�s published writings and unpublished manuscripts and on the many conversations and discussions he had with Husserl and Fink during his stay in Freiburg i. Br. in 1931-1932 Cairns�s dissertation is a comprehensive exposition of the methodological foundations and the concrete phenomenological analyses of Husserl�s transcendental phenomenology.The lucidity and precision of Cairns�s presentation is remarkable and demonstrates the secure grasp he had of Husserl�s philosophical intentions and phenomenological distinctions. Starting from the phenomenological reduction and Husserl�s Idea of Philosophy, Cairns proceeds with a detailed analysis of intentionality and the intentional structures of consciousness. In its scope and in the depth and nuance of its understanding, Cairns�s dissertation belongs beside the writings on Husserl by Levinas and Fink from the same period.Typham this is the title: The Philosophy of Edmund Husserl