ABSTRACT
This study examines the relationship between phenomenology and experimental psychology in the early twentieth century to define origin, specificity and scope of the term experimental phenomenology. It begins with the statement that the term experimental phenomenology is associated with Carl Stumpf in Berlin. Next, the troubled relation between Husserl and the Departmentof Psychology at the University of Göttingen is described. Then, the fruitful influence of phenomenology on experimental psychology at the University of Würzburg and on Wertheimer's Gestalt psychology is discussed. Experimental phenomenology continued by the mid-twentieth century with repercussions on James Gibson´s ecological psychology. Although Husserl has distanced himself from experimental psychology, experimental phenomenology proceeded without his consent, subsidizing contemporary cognitive sciences and neurosciences.
Keywords:
phenomenology; experimental psychology; history; method
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