It also dealt with howl various ideal objects could be made evident and could be known (Wilson, 2002). Because phenomenology is seen to be evidential, reflective, and descriptive to both the objects that are encountered and the encounters themselves, the original beginnings of phenomenology are sometimes seen as being what is called descriptive phenomenology (Wilson, 2002). .

             This is seen to be the trunk of the tree and there are four large limbs that come out from it as this particular tree has continued to grow. It is important to look at these four specific branches. The first branch is realistic phenomenology which helps to emphasize the search that is often made for the universal essence that is seen in various types of matter including to the actions, selves, and motives of humans (Wilson, 2002). .

             Because of this, individuals have added the philosophy of law to phenomenology and others have added value theory, ethics, religion, and philosophical anthropology (Wilson, 2002). Philosophy that deals with human sciences has also been added to the mix and recognized recently for work that has been done on gender, and realistic phenomenology also deals with architecture, aesthetics, literature, music, and film (Wilson, 2002). This particular branch of phenomenology flourished most strongly in the 1920's in Germany but it also continues strongly today (Wilson, 2002). .

             The second branch is constitutive phenomenology and extends the original work that was done to include natural sciences (Wilson, 2002). This is generally seen to devote itself to various reflections on the phenomenological method (Wilson, 2002). This generally involves the suspending of acceptance of the pre-given or assumed status of conscious life as being something that exists within the world and is therefore performed in order to ensure that there is an intuitive and objective grounding for not only the world but the positive sciences that are seen within it (Wilson, 2002).