Husserl and Philosophy of History as a Crisis Discipline

TODAY IN PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY: Husserl and Philosophy of History as a Crisis Discipline Monday 08 April 2024 is the 165th anniversary of the birth of Edmund Husserl (08 April 1859 – 27 April 1938), who was born in Proßnitz, Moravia, on this date in 1859. Husserl is known for developing the method of phenomenology, but in the final years of his life he turned to the problems of history as a philosophical response to contemporaneous crises. Husserl was an arch-rationalist who saw the pursuit of reason as the infinite task of humanity. I argue that there is a path that can be traced from Plato through Pelagius and Siger of Brabant to Husserl, and it is in this tradition that Husserl’s philosophy of history is to be located. Quora: Discord: Links: Newsletter: Podcast: #philosophy #history #philosophyofhistory #Husserl #phenomenology #teleology #crisis #Voegelin #Pelagianism