The Problem of Origin in Husserl's Phenomenology

During his philosophical life, Husserl sought to develop his phenomenology as a science of true beginnings, or origins that is metaphysically neutral. Nevertheless, according to Heidegger and Derrida, Husserl's phenomenology remains a kind of metaphysics of presence in that it presupposes a metaphysical notion of origin. This paper attempts both to correct Heidegger and Derrida's misunderstandings of Husserl's notion of origin and to clarify the reason why Husserl's phenomenology and its pursuit of origin is still a metaphysical project.