Edmund Husserl's Transcendental Phenomenology and Epistemological Reconstruction of Contemporary Islam
TRANSCIVILIA: Journal of Multidisciplinary Knowledge and Civilization June 22, 2026 DOI: 10.68448/transcivilia.v1i03.6 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Topics | Philosophy of mind |
| Key points | Argues that Husserl's phenomenology, through intentionality, epoché, phenomenological reduction, noesis–noema, and "Lebenswelt," offers a constructive critique of modern scientific objectivism by grounding the meaning of knowledge in human conscious experience. The author contends this perspective is relevant to reconstructing Islamic science epistemology, enabling dialogue among revelation, rationality, and human experience without eliminating the normative position of Islamic teachings. |
Abstract
The development of modern science, which is dominated by the positivistic paradigm, has given birth to epistemological problems in the form of a tendency to objectivism that separates knowledge from human conscious experience. This problem also affects the development of contemporary Islamic science which still faces a dichotomy between a revelation-based normative approach and an empirical-historical approach. This study aims to analyze the phenomenology of Edmund Husserl as an epistemological critique of the objectivism of modern science as well as explain its relevance in the epistemological reconstruction of contemporary Islamic science. The research uses a library research method with a philosophical-scientific approach through philosophical-interpretive analysis of Husserl's main works and relevant supporting literature. The results of the study show that Husserl's phenomenology through the concepts of intentionality, epoché, phenomenological reduction, noesis–noema, and Lebenswelt offers a constructive critique of the objectivism of modern science by placing human conscious experience as the basis for the formation of the meaning of knowledge. This perspective has relevance in the development of the epistemology of Islamic science because it opens up a dialogue space between revelation, rationality, and human experience without eliminating the normative position of Islamic teachings. The reconstruction of epistemology through phenomenology allows the development of Islamic science that is more reflective, integrative, humanist, and responsive to contemporary socio-religious dynamics.
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