The book brought to the attention of readers is dedicated to one of the most influential philosophical movements in the 20th century. — phenomenology. The author does not seek to outline the history of the emergence of phenomenology and trace its further development, but makes an attempt to reveal the essence of phenomenological thinking. For the first time in Russian, the lecture course of the founder of phenomenology E. Husserl, given by him in 1910 in Göttingen, as well as handwritten materials related to the preparation and revision of this series of lectures are published as an appendix for the first time in Russian. For philosophers and everyone interested in the modern development of philosophical thought.