ABSTRACT
Introduction The first edition of the Logical Investigations appeared in 1901, and largely on the strength of this work Husserl was invited, almost immediately, to take up the post of ausserordentlicher Professor at the University of Göttingen. He moved from Halle to Göttingen in September of that year, remaining there, first as an Extraordinarius and later as an Ordinarius, for the next fifteen years. During this period he published only one book, entitled Ideas Concerning Pure Phenomenology and Phenomenological Philosophy. First Book: General Introduction to Pure Phenomenology, (or Ideas for short).1 This appeared in 1913. By general consent this work is one of the most central and influential texts of Husserlian phenomenology; and in the present chapter we will be largely concerned to come to terms with the doctrines it contains.
