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EDMUND HUSSERL
 Edmund Husserl lived from 1859-1938; he was a German mathematician and the
principal founder of Phenomenology. He called the contents of the conscious mind
"phenomena" after the Greek word for "appearances". The mind
structures its contents by means of concepts which range from the general
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Edmund Husserl lived from 1859-1938; he was a German mathematician and the
principal founder of Phenomenology. He called the contents of the conscious mind
"phenomena" after the Greek word for "appearances".
Edmund Husserl lived from 1859-1938; he was a German mathematician and the
principal founder of Phenomenology. He called the contents of the conscious mind
"phenomena" after the Greek word for "appearances".
Edmund Husserl lived from 1859-1938; he was a German mathematician and the
principal founder of Phenomenology. He called the contents of the conscious mind
"phenomena" after the Greek word for "appearances". The mind
structures its contents by means of concepts which range from the general
(space, time, education) to the specific (teacher, student, text). Phenomenology
seeks to describe the nature and scope of the concepts underlying all branches
of knowledge, including education, and to place these branches on foundations
that are "absolutely certain."
According to Husserl, we derive most of our basic concepts from the
"lifeworld" (Lebenswelt). This is the everyday human world of
homes, jobs and hobbies. We think of this world as objective and independent,
yet is we who sustain it and give it meaning. Social institutions and practices
- money, markets, recreations, and schools - mean what they do because we have
learned to think and talk about them in common ways. To understand the lifeworld
properly, we must describe it - phenomenologically - the concepts through which
we give it meaning. This is contrasted to the world as described by science.
Also see Philosophical Flow Chart.
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