Lipps aiva mumwe wevadzidzisi veyunivhesiti yeGermany vane simba zvikuru panguva yake, achikwezva vadzidzi vakawanda vanobva kune dzimwe nyika. Lipps ainetseka zvikuru nemafungiro eunyanzvi uye aesthetic, achitarisa huwandu hwehuzivi hwake pamusoro pezvinhu zvakadaro. Pakati pevateveri vake vakashinga aive Sigmund Freud. Lipps ipapo ari mutsigiri mukuru wepfungwa yeUnconscious. Akatora pfungwa dzaRobert Vischer dzekunzwira tsitsi kana kunzwira tsitsi (Einfühlung, zvichishandurwa chaizvo kuti "kunzwa-mukati"). Pfungwa iyi yekunzwa kwekunzwa inowana kufanana muhunyanzvi hwekuona. Pakupedzisira muhupenyu, Lipps yakatora dzimwe pfungwa kubva kuna Edmund Husserl. Kufanana nehunyanzvi hwake hwepfungwa, vamwe vevadzidzi vake vakabatana nevamwe vaHusserl kuita fomu nyowani yefilosofi inonzi phenomenology yezvinhu. Pakati pavo paive nehunyanzvi hwaSigmund Freud.
Edmund Husserl