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-'''Edmund Gustav Albrecht Husserl''' ([[April 8]] [[1859]] [[April 26]] [[1938]]) was a [[Germany|German]] [[philosopher]], known as the father of [[phenomenology]]. His work broke away from the purely [[positivist]] orientation of the science and philosophy of his day, giving weight to [[subjectivity|subjective]] experience as the source of all of our knowledge of objective [[Phenomenon|phenomena]].+'''Edmund Gustav Albrecht Husserl''' (8 April 1859 – 27 April 1938) was a [[German philosopher]] who established the school of [[Phenomenology (philosophy)|phenomenology]]. In his early work, he elaborated critiques of [[historicism]] and of [[psychologism]] in [[logic]] based on analyses of [[intentionality]]. In his mature work, he sought to develop a systematic foundational science based on the so-called [[phenomenological reduction]]. Arguing that transcendental consciousness sets the limits of all possible knowledge, Husserl re-defined phenomenology as a transcendental-idealist philosophy. Husserl's thought profoundly influenced the landscape of twentieth century philosophy and he remains a notable figure in contemporary philosophy and beyond.
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-Husserl was a pupil of [[Franz Brentano]] and [[Carl Stumpf]]; his philosophical work influenced, among others, [[Edith Stein]] (St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross), Eugen Fink, [[Max Scheler]], [[Martin Heidegger]], [[Jean-Paul Sartre]], [[Emmanuel Lévinas]], [[Rudolf Carnap]], [[Hermann Weyl]], [[Maurice Merleau-Ponty]], and [[Roman Ingarden]]. In 1887 Husserl converted to [[Christianity]] and joined the [[Lutheran Church]]. He taught philosophy at Halle as a tutor (''Privatdozent'') from 1887, then at Göttingen as professor from 1901, and at Freiburg im Breisgau from 1916 until he retired in 1928. After this, he continued his research and writing by using the library at Freiburg, until barred therefrom - because of his Jewish heritage - under the rectorship of and partly due to the influence of his former pupil and intended protege, [[Martin Heidegger]]. +Husserl studied mathematics under [[Karl Weierstrass]] and [[Leo Königsberger]], and philosophy under [[Franz Brentano]] and [[Carl Stumpf]]. He taught philosophy as a ''Privatdozent'' at [[Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg|Halle]] from 1887, then as professor, first at [[Georg-August University of Göttingen|Göttingen]] from 1901, then at [[Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg|Freiburg]] from 1916 until he retired in 1928, after which he remained highly productive. Following an illness, he died at Freiburg in 1938.
 +==See also==
 +* [[Intentionality]]
 +* [[Intersubjectivity]]
 +* [[Noema]]
 +* [[Phenomenology (philosophy)|Phenomenology]]
 +* [[State of affairs]]
 +* [[Urdoxa]], term popularized by Husserl
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Edmund Gustav Albrecht Husserl (8 April 1859 – 27 April 1938) was a German philosopher who established the school of phenomenology. In his early work, he elaborated critiques of historicism and of psychologism in logic based on analyses of intentionality. In his mature work, he sought to develop a systematic foundational science based on the so-called phenomenological reduction. Arguing that transcendental consciousness sets the limits of all possible knowledge, Husserl re-defined phenomenology as a transcendental-idealist philosophy. Husserl's thought profoundly influenced the landscape of twentieth century philosophy and he remains a notable figure in contemporary philosophy and beyond.

Husserl studied mathematics under Karl Weierstrass and Leo Königsberger, and philosophy under Franz Brentano and Carl Stumpf. He taught philosophy as a Privatdozent at Halle from 1887, then as professor, first at Göttingen from 1901, then at Freiburg from 1916 until he retired in 1928, after which he remained highly productive. Following an illness, he died at Freiburg in 1938.

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