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What was the main focus of Husserl's critiques of historicism and psychologism?

  • Intentionality

  • Empiricism

  • Rationalism

  • Metaphysics

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Husserl's critiques of historicism and psychologism were mainly focused on the concept of intentionality. He argued that both historicism and psychologism failed to properly account for the directedness of consciousness toward objects or states of affairs, which is the essence of intentionality. This focus on intentionality laid the groundwork for his development of phenomenology.
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