The Basic Problems of Phenomenology

by Edmund Husserl

I. Historicalplaceandcontentofthistext Iso Kern, in the Editor’s Introduction of Husserliana Vol. XIII (pp. XXXIII–XL), shows us how important for Husserl were the lectures, of?cially titled, The Basic Problems of Phenomenology (1910–1911),alongwiththe1910PreparatoryNotes(givenhereas AppendixI). Kerndocumentshisclaimthat,apartfromvariousr- erencesinHusserl’spublishedworks,inhis Nachlass“heprobably referstonootherlecturesooftenasthisone. ”Hereferstoitbyvarious waysbesidesitsof?cialtitleas“LectureonIntersubjectivity,”“L- tureonEmpathyandExpandedReduction,”“OnthePhenomenol- ical Reduction and Transcendental Theory of Empathy,” or simply “Empathy. ”Althoughtheformulationsofthesethemeswereofde- siveimportanceforlaunchingthedirectionofHusserl’sre?ections, they are not treated in these lectures with the amplitude they ev- tuallyreceived. Kernreportsthatwhatisheretranslated(Number6 inHusserlianaXIII,alongwithrelatedappendices)doesnotgivein itsentiretythetwo-hourperweeklecturesheldduringtheseme