Introduction

Husserl's idea of phenomenology as the foundational theory of science

pp. 1-20

in: Elisabeth Ströker, The Husserlian foundations of science, Berlin, Springer, 1997

Abstract

Since the 17^th century much progress has been made in the modern sciences. This is not only the case for the natural sciences, but the so-called human sciences (Geisteswissenschaften) as well. The opposition between these two types of science has become, however, increasingly provisional. And with respect to the constitutive conditions that determine both kinds of scientific activity it is perhaps even permissible to speak of "science" in the singular form.