An ontological representation of Edmund Husserl's transendental phenental phenomentalology and Martin Heidegger's analysis of existence; About the essentials of the phenomenal method and Heidegger's philosophy. A backdrop for phenomenological and existential psychology’s origins.
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ABSTRACT
Existential- and phenomenological psychology arise from Husserl and Heidegger's philosophies about the psyche. They draw inspiration from the contemporary, the Greeks, later philosophers, Nietzsche and Kierkegaard. Amedeo Giorgi's descriptive phenomenological method of psychology builds among others on Husserl's transcendental phenomenology. However, the content of the article is limited to central sources of phenomenal methodology and existential psychology. The basic conditions of phenomenal methodology and existential analysis are described, but are preceded by a look back at some of the Greek philosophers who have pondered matters on existence. Then the basic features of Edmund Husserl's transendental philosophy and Martin Heidegger's analysis of what is the meaning of existence are presented. Their philosophies rise as a result of the crisis of validity in contemporary science with inadequate philosophical foundation. The results of this ontological representation of existential- and phenomenological psychology are summed up in the following essences: The meaning of life is care. The dynamic in intentionality is lovefor. Consciousness provides the self's love-for the conditions of its outside world (Umwelt). The interesting question is then love-for what or who? Friedrich Nietzsche is allowed to sum up the ideas presented in this paper.
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