Edmund Husserl

German philosopher, known as the father of phenomenology (*1859 – †1938)

early 20th century philosophical movement that seeks to describe the universal features of consciousness without assumptions about the external world, aiming to describe phenomena as they appear and exploring the significance of lived experience

In Hellenistic philosophy, epoché (also epoche; pronounced or ) is suspension of judgment but also "withholding of assent".

thumb|Edmund Husserl introduced the concept of lifeworld

The word noema (plural: noemata) derives from the Greek word νόημα meaning "mental object". The philosopher Edmund Husserl used noema as a technical term in phenomenology to stand for the object or content of a thought, judgement, or perception, but its precise meaning in his work has remained a matter of controversy.

technique in the study of essences in phenomenology whose goal is to identify the basic components of phenomena

in the philosophy of Husserl, an act of suspending judgment about the natural world to instead focus on analysis of experience