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Phenomenological method and philosophy of history

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The purpose of this study is to examine the phenomenological method as it applies to the philosophy of history. This leads me to divide my inquiry into two parts. I shall begin by examining the phenomenological method in a general way, explaining how I view the essential features of the method and its status in the context of philosophy generally conceived. Then, in a second part, I shall turn to its application to the philosophy of history.

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  1. Husserl (2014, p. 48ff).

  2. Husserl (2014, p. 48).

  3. Husserl (2006, p. 1ff).

  4. Husserl (2014, p. 52).

  5. Husserl (1958).

  6. Husserl (1970b, p. 264ff).

  7. Husserl (1970a).

  8. Husserl (1970a, p. 103ff).

  9. Husserl (1970a, p. 191ff).

  10. Husserl (1970a, p. 151).

  11. Husserl (1970a, p. 155).

  12. Husserl (1970a, p. 159).

  13. Husserl (1989).

  14. Merleau-Ponty (2012, 151).

  15. Husserl (1989, p. 170f).

  16. Schutz (1967, p. 33ff).

  17. Husserl (1960, p. 132).

  18. Schmid (2009, p. 32ff).

  19. Zahavi (2017, p. 30ff) and Chelstrom (2013, p. 89ff).

  20. Husserl (2014, p. 156).

  21. Husserl (2014, p. 49).

  22. Halbwachs (1992).

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Carr, D. Phenomenological method and philosophy of history. Cont Philos Rev 54, 139–152 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11007-021-09537-w

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