Heidegger radically transformed Husserl's philosophy
Martin Heidegger transformed Edmund Husserl's phenomenology from a study of consciousness to a profound exploration of human existence and being in the world.
Martin Heidegger took his mentor Edmund Husserl's philosophical method, phenomenology, and completely reshaped it. Husserl, the "father of phenomenology," focused on describing conscious experience by "bracketing" assumptions about the world. Heidegger, who studied under and succeeded Husserl, adopted this approach but shifted its focus.
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