Edmund Husserl

person (Sanders, 1982). A phenomenological researcher focus is the transcendental experience of the person; it is based not on observable data, but rather the unobserved aspect of a person’s perceived experience. Philosophical Stance According to Edmund Husserl, the German philosopher and the…

Metaphysical unit of Philosophy. According to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, “Phenomenology is the study of consciousness as an experienced form of the first-person point of view” (Phenomenology, 2013). To add-on, the founder of Phenomenology, Edmund Husserl, states that the “human consciousness is intentional… as every act of consciousness is directed at some object-like material” (Hunter, 2015).…

On the surface, memory appears to be passive experience; it is strange and often intangible. However, dive deeper it reveals that memory can leave strong impressions on individuals. Memories are moments a person lived and remembers when recounted. Memories can come in many forms. According to Jan Assmann, communicative memory is a shared and transferable within a social group defined by common memories of personal interaction. The communicative memory comprises memories related to the recent…

THE CONCEPT OF ‘OTHER’ The founder of phenomenology, Edmund Husserl, identified the Other as one of the conceptual bases of intersubjectivity, of the relations among people. The characteristic of the Other, is that the person remains alien to the conceived and dominant social norms prevalent in the society that are recognised as the Self. They exhibit features that are not considered normal or superior to the majority. Zygmunt Bauman writes that the notion of otherness is central to the way in…

Anais, Alonso Module #3 PHI2010 1 Compare and contrast various views of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Taoism. Hinduism is one of the world’s oldest religions. It predates written records and its origins are lost in the past. The term Hinduism refers to the collection of faiths that are believed to have originated in India, but other scholars believe that was brought to India a long ago by nomadic people. It is a polytheistic system with various gods and goddesses as well as lesser deities.…

Early Childhood & Early Life Kurt Friedrich Godel was born on April 28, 1906, in Brno, the second largest city in the Czech Republic. At the time of his birth, it was a fabric-producing city in the Austro-Hungarian area of control/area of land of Moravia and was known as Brunn. His father, Rudolf Godel, was, at first, a fabric worker. Later, he became the manager and eventually the part owner of the Friedrich Redlich fabric factory. His mother, Marianne Godel (nee Handschuh) was educated at a…