<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This article reconstructs the development of Husserl’s definition of metaphysics as the ultimate science of reality in the courses and lectures written up to the year 1905. The analysis of these texts casts light on Husserl’s philosophical self-understanding in the wider context of late Nineteenth Century German philosophy as well as on the fundamental role that metaphysical interests played in the development of his thought from its earliest stage. A particular attention is devoted to Husserl’s early views about the relation between the theory of knowledge and metaphysics, whose analysis is a necessary preliminary step to address the theoretical issue of the relation between transcendental phenomenology and metaphysics.</p></abstract>

This article reconstructs the development of Husserl’s definition of metaphysics as the ultimate science of reality in the courses and lectures written up to the year 1905. The analysis of these texts casts light on Husserl’s philosophical self-understanding in the wider context of late Nineteenth Century German philosophy as well as on the fundamental role that metaphysical interests played in the development of his thought from its earliest stage. A particular attention is devoted to Husserl’s early views about the relation between the theory of knowledge and metaphysics, whose analysis is a necessary preliminary step to address the theoretical issue of the relation between transcendental phenomenology and metaphysics.

Husserl’s Early Concept of Metaphysics As the Ultimate Science of Reality

Phainomenon

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This article reconstructs the development of Husserl’s definition of metaphysics as the ultimate science of reality in the courses and lectures written up to...

Husserl’s Early Concept of Metaphysics As the Ultimate Science of Reality

Published Online: Oct 14, 2021

Page range: 37 - 68

Received: Oct 04, 2017

Accepted: Nov 13, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/phainomenon-2017-0004

Keywords
Husserl, Metaphysics, Theory of Knowledge, Phenomenology

© 2017 Emiliano Trizio, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Husserl’s Early Concept of Metaphysics As the Ultimate Science of Reality

Published Online: Oct 14, 2021

Page range: 37 - 68

Received: Oct 04, 2017

Accepted: Nov 13, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/phainomenon-2017-0004

KeywordsHusserl, Metaphysics, Theory of Knowledge, Phenomenology

© 2017 Emiliano Trizio, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Husserl, Metaphysics, Theory of Knowledge, Phenomenology