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Adolf Reinach was a leading representative of so-called “realist” phenomenology. So pivotal was his role in shaping the early phases of the phenomenological movement that many young scholars saw in Reinach their real teacher in phenomenology. Although his life was tragically cut short at the age of 34 in 1917, Reinach’s production is remarkably wide and diverse in its thematic breadth, touching on issues of relevance to general ontology, philosophy of mind and action, philosophy of law, philosophy of…

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