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"There are more than what meets the eye"
(A reflection on the phenomenologies of Husserl and Heidegger)

Husserl's phenomenology attempts to sketch a way into describing experiences unmediated by temporalities in order to reach the "things in themselves." From our experience of phenomena, one must be able to transcend temporal limitations in order to intuit the genuine and lasting character from a particular experience. This way one can discover what most truly persists through all.

Heidegger on the other hand applies Husserl's methodology to ontology. In here he attempts to comprehend the meaning of "Being" generally and concretely. This led him to the forwarding the understanding of human existence as active participation in the world – "being there" (Dasein). And this fact of our "Dasein-ess" is subject into continuous uncertainty because of the fact of death which reminds us that we are limited. This realization and concern for annihilation constitutes......

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