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The first and only collection of essays honoring the work of Rudolf Bernet, this volume covers three themes: his phenomenological views on life, its relation to subjectivity, experiences and consciousness, and both as the basis of original reflections on art.

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This book contains essays written by eminent phenomenologists & scholars closely related to R. Bernet, a person and a philosopher (colleagues, friends and collaborators, former students). The intellectual and worldwide authority of R. Bernet´s work is well represented by the list of contributors, as well as by the content of their chapters. In a sense, this volume is a good indication of the importance of Bernet´s own books, articles and classes.
The editors have chosen to concentrate the contributions on what could be estimated to be one of the three major themes of his philosophical itinerary: life, seen from a phenomenological point of view, its relation to subjectivity, experiences and consciousness, and both seen as the ground for an original reflection on art (paintings).

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Preface, R. Breeur.- Vorwort, U Melle.- Acknowledgements.- How Aristotle and Husserl Differ on First Philosophy, R. Sokolowski.- Gemaltes Erscheinen - von Giotto zu Cézanne, K. Held.- Husserls deskriptive Erforschung der Gefühlserlebnisse, U. Melle.- Verstehendes Leben, E. Angehrn.- Sichtbar verständliche Dinge, G. Figal.- Le domaine de la vérité, D. Franck.- Freiheit und Endlichkeit.
Cassirer, Heidegger und Kant, G. Van Eekert.- Empathy and mirroring: Husserl and Gallese, D. Zahavi.- Soziale und individuelle Aspekte produktiven und kreativen Handelns, K. Mertens.- Ego and Arch-Ego in Husserlian Phenomenology, D. Lohmar.- Silhouette & Manipulation, F. Mattens.- Le problème de la réalité, J. Benoist.- Statut et origine de la négation, D. Pradelle.- Transcendance et inconditionnement, R. Legros.- The Role of Interpretation in the Phenomenological Approach to the Other, L. Tengelyi.- The Letter and the Soil. Why Humanity is not a Forest, R. Visker.- The Third Life of Subjectivity: Towards a Phenomenology of Dreaming, N. de Warren.- Moral life in times of loneliness. Does the notion of double conscience illuminate Lacan´s understanding of moral sensibility? P. Moyaert.- Phénoménologies du randonneur solitaire, R. Breeur.

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