The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

Who is Edmund Husserl from The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays and what is their importance?

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Edmund Husserl is a German philosopher who developed a philosophical system known as phenomenology. In line with Camus' absurd philosophy, Husserl believed in the uselessness of reason. Instead, he confined all thought simply to the study of objects as they were experienced. In this way, too, Husserl agrees with Camus, who put the greatest importance on experience. Husserl ultimately departs from absurd principles, however, by claiming that the study of experience can lead to the revelation of universal essences of objects—a kind of core of reality that reveals their inner truth. For Camus, such inner truth is totally impossible.