Which of the following statements about phenomenology are true?
- A. It is a 'methodological idealism' exploring human consciousness.
- B. Edmund Husserl developed it as a philosophical method.
- C. Martin Heidegger is one of its leading philosophers.
- D. Heidegger's approach is 'essentialist'.
- E. The text is purely an embodiment of the author's consciousness.
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Correct answer: A. A, B, C and D only
Explanation
Husserl's phenomenology brackets the world to study consciousness, and Heidegger turned it towards Being. The Geneva critics (Poulet) read texts as authorial consciousness, but phenomenology as such does not reduce the text to it.
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