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Edmund Husserl
Edmund Husserl is one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century. His contribution to philosophy was significant as he impacted almost all subjects. Below is a link that introduces Edmund Husserl and breaks down phenomenology. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePQIagmcCXc&t=29s] -
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Logical Investigations
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Husserl's intro to Phenomenology
In 1900/01, Edmund Husserl published Logical Investigations Volume I, and II introducing his take on phenomonlogy, which is known as his first major and popular work. In Volume I, Husserl breaks down his standpoint and theories on psychologism in three parts. He criticizes the current theories on psychologism stating that psychology and logic are divided. In Volume II, it contains of six descriptive psychological and epistemological investigations relevant to the linguistic analysis of logic. -
Epoche
In 1906, Husserl developed the technique epoche, also known as bracketing. As this was introduced in Ideas, Husserl was found to have created two versions of "epoche", universal epoche and local epoche. Local epoche is first-person point of view and universal epoche is from the external worlds view. The sole meaning of it is to be able to suspend judgement, despite biases and/or known information to a particular object. -
Professor
In 1916, Husserl became a professor in Freiburg/Breisgau where he continued his work and would then travel to give lectures on the phenomenological method and phenomenological philosophy. He later retires in 1928.