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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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Edmund Husserl
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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. -
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.
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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.