Husserl's
phenomenology is difficult to grasp as the entire concept of ideas and things being known by the senses, while
believable, is basically at odds with the way in which we have been programmed to think as people. This paper explains that we have been taught that we need first to learn, to acquire the
knowledge that has been uncovered for us and passed down to us by the earlier generations, and then formulate our own ideas and opinions on the basis of that collective knowledge. This paper shows that the primary difficulty that a student faces when reading through Husserl's
Phenomenology is that it puts forth a different process of knowledge acquisition and formulation of ideas than we have been conditioned to operate by. This paper explains that once we open our minds to Husserl's argument and his thoughts and consider them carefully, we realize that not only is Husserl's phenomenology open to modern interpretation but, in a way expressed and conceptualized in most cultures and in many schools of philosophy. To illustrate this and to emphasize the way in which we may currently interpret Husserl's phenomenology, this paper outlines his thoughts, examines their validity through reference to other philosophers who come somewhat close to expressing his ideas, and attempts to apply them to the modern world.