phenomenology — phenomenology, phenomenological sociology Phenomenology is a philosophical method of inquiry developed by the German philosopher Edmund Husserl. It involves the systematic investigation of consciousness. Consciousness, it is argued, is the only… … Dictionary of sociology
Phenomenology — may be:* Phenomenology (philosophy) * Phenomenology (science) * Phenomenology (particle physics) * Phenomenology (architecture) * Phenomenology (psychology) … Wikipedia
Phenomenology — Phe*nom e*nol o*gy, n. [Phenomenon + logy: cf. F. ph[ e]nom[ e]nologie.] A description, history, or explanation of phenomena. The phenomenology of the mind. Sir W. Hamilton. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
phenomenology — [n] study of subject and objects of a person’s experience intentionality, life world, lived experience, meaning making; concepts 282,349 … New thesaurus
phenomenology — [fə näm΄ə näl′ə jē] n. [ PHENOMENON + LOGY] 1. the philosophical study of phenomena, as distinguished from ontology, the study of being; specif., such a study of perceptual experience in its purely subjective aspect 2. a descriptive or… … English World dictionary
phenomenology — phenomenological /fi nom euh nl oj i keuhl/, phenomenologic, adj. phenomenologically, adv. phenomenologist, n. /fi nom euh nol euh jee/, n. Philos. 1. the study of phenomena. 2. the system of Husserl and his followers stressing the description of … Universalium
phenomenology — by Tamsin Lorraine Phenomenology as a philosophical movement was founded by Edmund Husserl. René Descartes, Immanuel Kant and Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel are important precursors to this movement that insists upon returning to the things… … The Deleuze dictionary
phenomenology — by Tamsin Lorraine Phenomenology as a philosophical movement was founded by Edmund Husserl. René Descartes, Immanuel Kant and Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel are important precursors to this movement that insists upon returning to the things… … The Deleuze dictionary
phenomenology — A term that emerged in the 18th century, in the writings of Johann Heinrich Lambert (1728–77) and Kant, to denote the description of consciousness and experience in abstraction from consideration of its intentional content (see intentionality ).… … Philosophy dictionary
phenomenology — noun (plural gies) Etymology: German Phänomenologie, from Phänomenon phenomenon + logie logy Date: circa 1797 1. the study of the development of human consciousness and self awareness as a preface to or a part of philosophy 2. a. (1) a… … New Collegiate Dictionary