ABSTRACT
The relationship between phenomenology and metaphysics is controversial. One reason for this is that the meaning of both of the central terms is equivocal. In the following contribution, my focus will be on phenomenology in the Husserlian sense. How did Husserl view the relation between phenomenology and metaphysics? Is phenomenology metaphysically neutral, does it disregard all questions pertaining to being, or is it on the contrary committed to a specific kind of metaphysics, say, a form of subjective idealism or robust realism? The answer to this question is controversial, and there is no obvious consensus in the literature. I will present and discuss some of the prevailing interpretations and then turn to Husserl’s own texts for some answers.
