PHENOMENOLOGY AS AN ALTERNATIVE AND COMPLEMENTARY APPROACH TO EPISTEMOLOGY

ABSTRACT: This article aims at showing that phenomenology is an alternative and complementary approach to epistemology. With the methods of bracketing and going back to the things themselves, phenomenology deals with the question of meaning or essence, that is, a question that goes beyond the empirico-rationalistic approach. In this way, this article aims at showing that with the method (phenomenological reduction) and the foundation (concepts of intentionality and consciousness) of Husserl’s philosophy, phenomenology is a new approach, which is considered as an alternative and complementary approach to epistemology.