Edmund Husserl

Edmund Gustav Albrecht Husserl, (April 8, 1859 - April 26, 1938), philosopher, was born into a Jewish family in Prostějov (Prossnitz), Moravia, Czech Republic (then part of the Austrian Empire). He is known as the "father" of phenomenology. He was a pupil of Franz Brentano and Carl Stumpf. Among others, he would influence Edith Stein (St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross), Martin Heidegger, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Maurice Merleau-Ponty. (Hermann Weyl's interest in intuitionistic logic and impredicativity, for example, seems to have been as a result of contact with Husserl.) In 1887 he converted to Christianity and joined the Lutheran Church. He taught philosophy at Halle as a tutor (Privatdozent) from 1887, then at Göttingen as professor from 1901, and at Freiburg im Breisgau from 1916 until he retired in 1928. Following "retirement," he used the library at Freiburg to continue his researches and writing. He died at Freiburg on April 26, 1938.

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April 8 - 1859 - April 26 - 1938 - Jew - Prostějov - Moravia - Czech Republic - Austrian Empire - Phenomenology - Franz Brentano - Carl Stumpf - Edith Stein - Martin Heidegger - Jean-Paul Sartre - Maurice Merleau-Ponty - Hermann Weyl - Intuitionistic logic - Impredicativity - Christianity - Lutheran Church

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