Ulven, Farrow2020-04-302020-04-302020https://hdl.handle.net/11299/212918Faculty Advisor: Peter HanksThis research investigates the conception of propositional content present in the work of German philosopher Edmund Husserl (1859-1938). Husserl's influence spans diverse areas of 20th century philosophical thought through his founding of the practice of phenomenology, developed in notable works such as Logical Investigations (1900/01) and Ideas (1913). His influence on subsequent generations of thinkers also comes indirectly through his guidance of renowned students including Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Martin Heidegger. The primary question taken up by this research is whether it is appropriate to identify Husserl’s portrait of propositional content in his Logical Investigations as a historical predecessor to act-based conceptions of propositional content developed in recent decades. This research proposes that in the Logical Investigations, Husserl gives a portrait of propositions greatly resembling the Fregean portrait. In this regard, it would be inappropriate to name Husserl’s portrait of propositions as a historical predecessor to present-day act-based conceptions of propositional content.enCollege of Liberal ArtsDepartment of PhilosophyPresentation