"To the things themselves"
Husserl urged first "bracketing" any assumption about whether the world exists, then purely describing how phenomena present themselves in consciousness — to ground all knowledge without presupposition.
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Husserl
Founder of phenomenology
Those Who Ground an Idea Into a Whole System · Disciples & School-Builders
PhenomenologyIntentionalityConsciousness
Who they are
Husserl (1859–1938), founder of phenomenology, urged a return "to the things themselves" — by "bracketing" the natural attitude and describing directly how consciousness "intends" its objects, he sought a rigorous foundation for knowledge. His method gave rise to the phenomenology and existentialism of Heidegger, Sartre and Merleau-Ponty.
Primary sourcesHusserl, Logical Investigations, IdeasThe Crisis of the European Sciences
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PhenomenologyGave rise to the whole phenomenological and existentialist tradition of Heidegger, Sartre and Merleau-Ponty.