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Birth, as experienced by Husserl
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"Logical Investigations" Published
From 1900 to 1901 parts 1 and 2 of "Logical Investigations" is published, a book which has been credited with helping lay the foundations for Phenomenology. In his book, Husserl describes cognitive connections as signatory, meaning first we perceive something with our senses, then we make a connection between that and something else. The study of this process is Phenomenology. -Welton, Donn. The Essential Husserl: Basic Writings in Transcedental Phenomenology. Indiana University Press, 1999. -
"Ideas" Published
In "Ideas" Husserl takes his ideas about perception further. How do we begin to categorize something as how it relates to another without examining consciousness? To do that he proposed transcending consciousness by a term be popularized "Epoché" which is a reduction of judgement, through which his "phenomenological reduction" could be achieved, allowing one to examine those phenomenon related to consciousness. Watch this video for more! video -
"Cartesian Meditations" Published
After giving lectures in Paris, Husserl further expands upon his examination of 'consciousness' with "Cartesian Meditations". In his book, divided into five meditations, Husserl revisits his earlier ideas on consciousness, Phenomenology, and the steps to transcend it, as well as the applications for "phenomenological reduction". Cartesian Meditations: An Introduction to
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"Crisis of European Humanity" published
Based of a series of lectures he gave, this work is perhaps Husserl's greatest contribution to philosophy of science, relating scientific practices with phenomenology. In it he basically says Science has the empirical but don't forget this too. "It is my conviction that intentional phenomenology has for the first time made spirit as spirit the field of systematic scientific experience, thus effecting a total transformation of the task of knowledge."
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