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Edmund Husserl

Edmund Husserl

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A German philosopher who started the study of how people experience things
  • proper noun
  • /ˈɛdmənd ˈhʊsərl/
: Edmund Husserl
  • Edmund Husserl is widely regarded as the founder of phenomenological philosophy.

Examples

  • The writings of Edmund Husserl influenced many twentieth-century thinkers, including Heidegger and Sartre.

  • Many philosophy students study Edmund Husserl's major work, 'Logical Investigations.'

  • The works of Edmund Husserl have greatly influenced modern philosophy.

  • Did you read anything by Edmund Husserl in your philosophy class?

  • Edmund Husserl is widely regarded as the founder of phenomenological philosophy.

  • Many philosophy students study Edmund Husserl's major work, 'Logical Investigations.'

  • The writings of Edmund Husserl influenced many twentieth-century thinkers, including Heidegger and Sartre.

Surface Forms

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Morphology

Edmund + Husserl

This is a proper name referring to a specific person; the constituents 'Edmund' and 'Husserl' are personal names with no independent lexical meanings, so their combination is not compositionally informative. A B1 learner who knows the name parts would not be able to infer that this refers to a German philosopher and founder of phenomenology without prior exposure, making the expression non-derivable from its parts.

Etymology

Edmund Husserl is remembered as the person who began 'phenomenology', the study of how we experience things. He told people to look at how things appear in our minds—like studying a painting rather than its story—and that is why his name now stands for this way of thinking.