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phenomenology

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phe·nom·e·nol·o·gy

[fi-nom-uh-nol-uh-jee]
noun Philosophy.
1.
the study of phenomena.
2.
the system of Husserl and his followers stressing the description of phenomena.

Origin:
1790–1800; phenomen(on) + -o- + -logy

phe·nom·e·no·log·i·cal [fi-nom-uh-nl-oj-i-kuhl] , phe·nom·e·no·log·ic, adjective
phe·nom·e·no·log·i·cal·ly, adverb
phe·nom·e·nol·o·gist, noun
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opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.
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Example Sentences
  • Ricoeur was best known for his contributions to phenomenology and hermeneutics.
  • That's why mind set and the setting have so much influence on the phenomenology of the psychedelic experience.
  • AR content must be accounted for in our quotidian phenomenology.
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phenomenology (fɪˌnɒmɪˈnɒlədʒɪ)
 
n
1.  the movement founded by Husserl that concentrates on the detailed description of conscious experience, without recourse to explanation, metaphysical assumptions, and traditional philosophical questions
2.  the science of phenomena as opposed to the science of being
 
phenomenological
 
adj
 
phenomeno'logically
 
adv
 
phenome'nologist
 
n

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Word Origin & History

phenomenology
1797, from Ger. Phänomenologie, used as the title of the fourth part of the "Neues Organon" of Ger. physicist Johann Heinrich Lambert (1728-77), coined from Gk. phainomenon (see phenomenon) + -logia, from -logos "one who deals with certain topics." Psychological
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sense, esp. in Gestalt theory, is from 1930.
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