Edmund Husserl
Edmund Husserl · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Philosopher who founded phenomenology; born into a Jewish family (later converted to Lutheranism)
1859, Proßnitz, Moravia, Austrian Empire (now Prostějov, Czech Republic) — 1938, Freiburg, Germany
Moravia (Austria-Hungary) · Germany
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Edmund Husserl was the philosopher who founded phenomenology, the rigorous study of the structures of consciousness and experience, shaping 20th-century thought from Heidegger to Sartre and Merleau-Ponty. His works such as 'Logical Investigations' and 'Ideas' defined a whole tradition. He was born into a Jewish family in Moravia and later converted to Lutheran Christianity.
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Philosopher who founded phenomenology; born into a Jewish family (later converted to Lutheranism)
Source: Britannica
