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Born
April 8, 1859 in Prostějov Czechoslovakia -
PhD in Mathematics
Husserl obtained his PhD in Mathematics in Vienna with a thesis on the study of Variations -
On Concept of Number
Following his mentor's (Thomas Masaryk) advice, Husserl studied Psychology and Logic under Bertano. These studies had a significant impact on Husserl. Bertano then recommended he study under his student Carl Stumpf. Together they submitted the dissertation On the Concept of Number -
Philosophy of Arithmetic
Building on his dissertation, Husserl published his first monograph Philosophy of Arithmetic. In Philosophy of Arithmetic, Husserl combined his mathematical, psychological and philosophical competencies to attempt a psychological foundation of arithmetic. (Beyer 2020) Beyer, Christian, "Edmund Husserl", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2020 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2020/entries/husserl/. -
Logical Investigations
After publishing Philosophy of Arithmetic, Husserl received harsh criticism for his psychologism. His response was to attack the strong psychologism claim and as a result he developed what we now know as Phenomenology. He published Logical Investigations in two volumes. Volume 1 was his attach on psychologism. Volume 2 contained his six descriptive psychological and epistemological investigations. -
Ideas: A General Introduction to Pure Phenomenology
Husserl refined his theories which later became the title of his second major literary work. Ideas: A General Introduction to Pure Phenomenology. In this work he stated that the "realm of intentional consciousness is supposed to enable the phenomenologist to develop a radically unprejudiced justification of his (or her) basic views on the world and himself and explore their rational interconnections." (Beyer 2020) -
Transcendental Phenomenological Method
Considered his most import philosophical work. Phenomenology is the study of lived experience. Husserl determined that intersubjective experience plays a fundamental role in the constitution of ourselves, other experiencing subjects, and the objective spatio-temporal world. Transcendental phenomenology makes constitutive achievements possibly by attempting to reconstruct underlying rational structures. -
On the Phenomenology of the Consciousness of Internal Time
In this published work, Husserl describes how consciousness interacts with space and time. -
Formal and Transcendental Logic
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Cartesian Meditations
Published work by Husserl, based on four lectures he gave at Sorbonne on in February of 1929. -
The Crisis of European Sciences and Transcendental Phenomenology.
Published in 1935, this was Husserl's last major work. Based on lectures he gave in Prague. -
Death
April 27, 1938 in Freiburg. After his death over 40,000 pages of manuscripts were rescued by Franciscan Herman Leo Van Breda. The manuscripts were brought to Belgium where the first Husserl archive was founded in 1939.