Abstract

At[aut]Walther, Gerdathe[aut]Stein, Edith beginning of the twentieth century, early phenomenologyPhenomenology examined topics such as emotions, feelings and sociality. The main researchers in this field included philosophers belonging to the Munich and Göttingen phenomenological circles, especially Else Voigtländer, Willy Haas, Moritz Geiger[aut]Geiger, Moritz, Max Scheler[aut]Scheler, Max, Edith Stein[aut]Stein, Edith, Gerda Walther[aut]Walther, Gerda, Aurel Kolnei and José Ortega y Gasset. Gerda Walther[aut]Walther, Gerda’s contribution to early phenomenologyPhenomenology was her Ph.D. thesis Ein Beitrag zur Ontologie der sozialen Gemeinschaften which she wrote under the supervision of the Munich phenomenologist Alexander Pfänder[aut]Pfänder, Alexander.