phenomenology
study of lived experience
the philosophical study of experience from the point of view of the person having it
phenomenology; the phenomenology of [experience/consciousness/perception]
- Phenomenology asks how the world appears in consciousness before we explain it scientifically.
- The seminar introduced Husserl's phenomenology and its influence on twentieth-century philosophy.
- Her work draws on phenomenology to analyze memory, embodiment, and perception.
- Phenomenology studies experience as we live it.
- The class read a book on phenomenology.
lived-experience research method
a research method that studies what an experience is like for the people who have it
use/adopt phenomenology to study [people's experiences]
- The researchers chose phenomenology because they wanted to understand patients' lived experience of recovery.
- In her dissertation, phenomenology was used to explore how teachers experience burnout.
- Interviews are often central to phenomenology in nursing and education research.
- The study used phenomenology to understand nurses' experiences.
- Phenomenology helped the researchers listen closely to patients.
description of experienced features
the way something is experienced or appears to the person involved, especially in medicine or psychology
the phenomenology of [a condition/symptom/experience]
- The article compares the phenomenology of panic attacks with that of asthma attacks.
- Clinicians still disagree about the phenomenology of chronic pain.
- He gives a careful phenomenology of boredom, including its changes in attention and time perception.
- The doctor described the phenomenology of the symptoms.
- The phenomenology of pain can differ from person to person.
theory tied to observations
a kind of physics research that links theories to what experiments can measure
[area] phenomenology; phenomenology of [particles/interactions/models]
- Her group works on neutrino phenomenology, connecting theoretical models with data from detectors.
- The paper is not a full theory; it is a piece of phenomenology that estimates what the collider should see.
- In particle physics, phenomenology often guides the design of new experiments.
- He studies particle phenomenology.
- Phenomenology connects physics theory with experiment.
- Base: phenomenology
- Plural: phenomenologies
descriptive phenomenology
1direct experience description
a research or philosophical approach that tries to describe experience carefully without adding too much interpretation
- The nursing study used descriptive phenomenology to explore the experience of first-time parents.
- Descriptive phenomenology requires careful attention to participants' words and to the researcher's assumptions.
existential phenomenology
1embodied human existence focus
a kind of phenomenology that focuses on what it is like to exist as a human being in real situations
- Merleau-Ponty and Sartre are often discussed in relation to existential phenomenology.
- Her essay uses existential phenomenology to examine anxiety, embodiment, and social life.
hermeneutic phenomenology
1Interpretive lived-experience study
A research approach that studies and interprets people's lived experiences.
- The nursing study used hermeneutic phenomenology to explore patients' experiences of chronic pain.
- In hermeneutic phenomenology, the researcher's own assumptions are part of the interpretive process.
- Her dissertation combines Heidegger's philosophy with hermeneutic phenomenology.
hermeneutic phenomenology
1interpretive lived-experience approach
a type of phenomenology that studies lived experience through interpretation
- The study used hermeneutic phenomenology to interpret how families made sense of long-term illness.
- Heidegger's work is often described as a major source of hermeneutic phenomenology.
particle phenomenology
1particle-theory experiment bridge
physics research that connects theories about particles with experiment results
- The conference brought together specialists in particle phenomenology and collider experiments.
- Her research in particle phenomenology predicts signals that future detectors might observe.
phenomenology of perception
1study of perceptual experience
the study of what seeing, hearing, touching, and other forms of perception are like in experience
- The phenomenology of perception explores how the body shapes what we see and feel.
- Her paper connects neuroscience with the phenomenology of perception.
transcendental phenomenology
1Husserlian experience analysis
Husserl's type of phenomenology, which studies how experience is possible and tries to set aside everyday assumptions
- The course begins with Husserl's transcendental phenomenology before moving to later critics.
- Transcendental phenomenology asks the researcher or philosopher to examine experience while suspending untested assumptions.