Word: husserl
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Dates: during 1962-1962
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...philosophy an analysis of meaning, it shares with existentialism the theory that our acts determine, or constitute, our ego. "This same element of ego-constitution recurs in all the existentialists," Follesdal said, "although for Kierkegaard, the ego-determining effects of our acts appear to be more abiding than for Husserl; for Sartre, they appear to be less abiding...
Frege solved the latter by distinguishing between a name's meaning (here, 'bewinged horse,' etc.) and its reference (none). Likewise, Husserl distinguished between an act's meaning or noema and its object...
When we think of a centaur, Follesdal explained, "our act of thinking has a noema, but no object; because of its noema, however, even such an act is directed. What Husserl did was, in a sense, to combine the theory of intentionality with the theory of name meaning-reference...