Abstract

The Absolute in Husserl's phenomenology. In this first part I review Husserl's phenomenology and his concept of Absolute as well as the role this concept played in his philosophical thought. I also present the rationale for my choice of Husserl's phenomenological method as a tool for this research. ;The Absolute as experienced through natural knowledge. Having evaluated Husserl's stand on the notion of the Absolute as well as its importance in his thought, I distance myself from his philosophical thought retaining only the phenomenological method as a tool in my attempt to ground the experience of the Absolute stressing altogether the importance and the fundamental role of the intuition and experience in the cognitive process. ;The Absolute as the Metaphysical object of our experience. In this section of my research I argue that the Absolute is experienced on a Metaphysical level, thus reaching beyond natural knowledge. The concept of the Absolute brings forth a disclosure of the self. ;The Absolute as the principle and the finitude of human experience. Having dealt with the experience of the Absolute in 'Natural Knowledge' and with the experience of the Absolute as a 'Metaphysical experience' I will ascertain my position and attempt to clarify the contention that the experience of the Absolute is the principle and the end of human experience, altogether remaining aware of the lacunae present in different approaches.