Cartesian Method And Its Effects Of Husserl's Phenomenology

Science has made great development in modern society, correspondingly, the request for a better methodology is becoming more and more important to the contemporary human beings. Descartes attempted to find the most stable foundation for the science, which needed a new perspective to observe the basic elements that determined the concrete methodology directed by a new kind of philosophy. He also proposed that, through the illumination of the reason, the intuitional power of the soul could grasp the most basic principles. starting with these principles, and proceeding the road to truth by using the method of reference, we can obtain systematic knowledge which presents itself in the form of its ability to discern one thing from the other or to find the similarities and differences between sorts of things. In this essay, I try to give a full-dimensional, detailed observation over Descartes's methodology and its usage, then, I will focus on the question of how Descartes's methodology influenced Husserl's phenomenology.Descartes's discussions over the theory of methodology lent great inspiration to Husserl's conception of "epoch", which was used to clear up the equivocal realm of phenomenological investigation. Firstly, it bracketed off any verdicts over the objects until they are directly given by the intentional activities, secondly, it extended the immediate certainty of "cogito" to realm of all sorts of cognitive activities of consciousness. Based on the preparations provided above, Husserl gave detail researches on different layers of conscious activities, and eventually established systematic method of phenomenology.