Husserl

Edmund Husserl (April 8, 1859- April 27, 1938)

  • Logical Investigations

    Logical Investigations
    First signs of Husserl's phenomenological work. This was one of two volumes of work in attempt to debunk Psychologism; The idea that epistemology can be answered by the study of mental processes and development. The second Volume is divided into 6 "investigations". Expression of meaning, universals, the formal ontology of parts and wholes, the mereological structure of meaning, the nature and structure of intentionality, and the interrelation of truth, intuition and cognition.
  • Transcendental Phenomenology and Ideas

     Transcendental Phenomenology and Ideas
    Husserl's method was introduced as Transcendental phenomenology. This is the idea that our first real connection comes from what we perceive through our natural Senses. through a cognitive process we then create the connection of our experience with something we can relate too.
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    Gaining interest

    Through out this time Husserl gains the interest of the world and started a series of lectures in a series of different places where he gave lectures on Phenomenological Method and Phenomenological Philosophy along with others over the next 20 years.
  • Living beyond death

    Living beyond death
    During Husserl's peak in interest (while he was alive). After one of his final invited lectures, The Crisis of European Sciences and Transcendental Phenomenology, Edmund spent the last 3 years of his life Freiburg. His manuscripts were found and brought to Belgium where an archive was created in his name. His work is used and appreciated. Today he has archives in multiple countries, and he is studied through out the world.