The idea of phenomenology - Edmund Husserl

In this fresh translation of five lectures delivered in 1907 at
the University of Gttingen, Edmund Husserl lays out the
philosophical problem of knowledge, indicates the requirements for its
solution, and for the first time introduces the phenomenological
method of reduction. For those interested in the genesis and
development of Husserl's phenomenology, this text affords a unique
glimpse into the epistemological motivation of his work, his concept
of intentionality, and the formation of central phenomenological
concepts that will later go by the names of `transcendental
consciousness', the `noema', and the like. As a teaching text,
The Idea of Phenomenology is ideal: it is brief, it is
unencumbered by the technical terminology of Husserl's later work, it
bears a clear connection to the problem of knowledge as formulated in
the Cartesian tradition, and it is accompanied by a translator's
introduction that clearly spells out the structure, argument, and
movement of the text.