The Crisis of European Sciences and Transcendental Phenomenology

Lifeworld

Edmund Husserl popularized the concept of lifeworld

Husserl's phenomenological reduction does

Husserl's phenomenological reduction suspends the natural attitude to examine pure consciousness

logical positivism collapsed

Logical positivism collapsed because its verification principle couldn't verify itself, undermining its own foundation

Wittgenstein's later philosophy argues

Wittgenstein's later philosophy posits: "Meaning is use, not reference."

Instrumentalism

Instrumentalism views scientific theories as useful tools, not as descriptions of unobservable reality

Two Dogmas of Empiricism

Quine's essay attacked two central aspects of logical positivism