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Husserl's Contribution to the Philosophy of Science
This timeline's purpose is to show sequential events within Edmund Husserl's life that influenced the philosophy of science. -
Birth
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The Foundation: Logical Investigations
The foundation of Husserl's philosophy of phenomenology was centered on the thought of knowing one's thoughts of perception before being able to understand the external world. His work of "Logical Investigations" brought back platonic principles, which challenged modern scientific beliefs of perception being defined by experience. To learn more about phenomenology watch this video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQUatOYJW6M -
Fortification of Phenomenology: Ideas
Husserl's second major work was "Ideas", which defined intentional consciousness as the source of being able to justify the perception of the world. Here, Husserl introduces "eidetic reduction" by way of his principle of imaginative variations. These terms are what define Husserl's explanation of bridging the gap of perception and consciousness. -
Fortification of Phenomenology: Formal and Transcendental Logic
"Formal and Transcendental Logic" is Husserl's explanation of how to find the meaning of what is being experienced. This is all part of a descriptive methodological approach. In order for his method to work, one must transcend human consciousness in order to have true objectiveness of perceptions. Husserl uses a technique called "bracketing" as a technique to transcending human consciousness. -
Last Work: The Crisis of European Sciences and Transcendental Phenomenology
This work of "The Crisis of European Sciences and Transcendental Phenomenology" explains Husserl's concern for the development of modern science as a "crisis". Contradicting modern scientism approach, Husserl states his concern of cultural development when it lacks true understanding of how the mind works. He formalizes his beliefs on the importance of understanding the mind in order to understand perception in this work. -
Death
Work Cited: Beyer, Christian. “Edmund Husserl.” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Stanford University, 18 Nov. 2020, https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/husserl/.