Phenomenology

:This article treats the philosophical movement of phenomenology. For other meanings see Phenomenology (Disambiguation).

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Phenomenology is a current in philosophy that takes intuitive experience of phenomena (what presents itself to us in conscious experience) as its starting point and tries to extract the essential features of experiences and the essence of what we experience. It stems from the School of Brentano and was mostly based on the work of the 20th century philosopher Edmund Husserl, and was developed further by Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Martin Heidegger, Max Scheler and Michel Henry. Phenomenological thought influenced the development of existential phenomenology and existentialism in France, as is clear from the work of Jean-Paul Sartre, and Munich phenomenology (Johannes Daubert, Adolf Reinach) in Germany.

Related Topics:
Philosophy - Essence - School of Brentano - 20th century - Edmund Husserl - Maurice Merleau-Ponty - Martin Heidegger - Max Scheler - Michel Henry - Existential phenomenology - Existentialism - France - Jean-Paul Sartre - Munich phenomenology - Johannes Daubert - Adolf Reinach - Germany

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