The Relationship between Psychology and Phenomenology: an analysis based on Husserl’s views

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1 Assistant Professor, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

2 Assistant Professor Academy of Arts, Tehran. Iran

Abstract

The relationship between an independent scientific discipline called psychology with phenomenology that presents the methodology and method together is an excuse for investigating the relationship between Husserl and Brentano’s thoughts. Although their relationship is come from different sources, according to Husserl’s main problem, end, and concern in confronting psychology, a researcher can find a good issue for research. Psychology and phenomenology bond together in favor of philosophy and seek a different intuition. Husserl keeps a type of psychology and uses it to achieve a philosophical attitude. The difference between Husserl and Brentano is both thematic and methodological, and of course, we can refer to the understanding of others and empathy that reduces the subjective aspect of the experience in Husserl’s phenomenology. Husserl goes to descriptive psychology with criticizing Brentano’s opinion about inner perception and also he criticizes Brentano's psychological reality that is the only appearance for him.  Husserl’s attempt for modifying descriptive psychology makes to provides practical and functional solutions for contemporary psychologists. Of course, he does not forget the distinctions between psychology and phenomenology in terms of issue and method but especially holds them together. The brief article wants to follow the relationship between psychology and phenomenology from its origin (Husserl’s phenomenology) to achieve this purpose, the data of research have been collected through the library method and internet search then they are described and analyzed to reveal the concomitance of psychology and phenomenology. They must come together in the interpretation of the word description.

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https://plato.stanford.edu. First published Wed Mar 21, 2007; substantive revision Thu Feb 27, 2020 

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Journal of Philosophical Investigations
Volume 15, Issue 36 - Serial Number 36
Special English Issue: Interaction Between Sciences and Philosophy
2021
Pages 245-258

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