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Husserl and Philosophy of Science
Edmund Husserl was a German philosopher who made significant contributions to the philosophy of science. He is widely regarded as the founder of phenomenology, a philosophical approach that emphasizes the study of conscious experience. Husserl believed that the study of consciousness was the key to understanding the nature of reality. -
Phenomenological Reduction
One of Husserl's most important contributions to the philosophy of science was his concept of "phenomenological reduction." This is the process by which one suspends judgment about the existence of external objects and focuses solely on the subjective experience of those objects. By doing this, Husserl believed that one could gain a deeper understanding of the nature of reality and the relationship between the subject and the object. -
Intuition In Science
Another important contribution of Husserl was his emphasis on the importance of intuition in scientific inquiry. He believed that intuition played a crucial role in the discovery of scientific truths, and that it was necessary to cultivate this faculty in order to make progress in scientific research. Husserl's ideas about intuition and phenomenological reduction have had a profound impact on the philosophy of science, and continue to be studied and debated by philosophers and scientists today. -
Video Introduction to Phenomenology
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Citations and Major Works
Beyer, Christian. Edmund Husserl. Edited by Edward N. Zalta and Uri Nodelman, Winter 2022, Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University, 2022. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2022/entries/husserl/. Husserl, Edmund. Cartesian Meditations: An Introduction to Phenomenology. Springer Science & Business Media, 2013. ---. Ideas: General Introduction to Pure Phenomenology. Routledge, 2012. ---. Logical Investigations. Psychology Press, 2001.