Edmund Husserl and Phenomenological Path for Psychology

Husserl developed his phenomenology with the advancement of psychology of his time as one of the key background factors. We must keep this in mind to get a true understanding of his phenomenology and its significance to psychology. Phenomenology per se, so to speak, is not Husserl’s personal possession, but rather an immanent dimension of human existence. It is argued that only when psychology is viewed against the tension between these two approaches can we get, on the one hand, a comprehensive understanding of the history of psychology and, on the other hand, a faithful insight of what psychology must be. This insight will no doubt be helpful for promoting psychology to become a science in its true sense.