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Definition of Phenomenology

1. Noun. A philosophical doctrine proposed by Edmund Husserl based on the study of human experience in which considerations of objective reality are not taken into account.

Definition of Phenomenology

1. n. A description, history, or explanation of phenomena.

Definition of Phenomenology

1. Noun. (philosophy) A philosophy based on the intuitive experience of phenomena, and on the premise that reality consists of objects and events as consciously perceived by conscious beings. ¹

2. Noun. (philosophy) A movement based on this, originated about 1905 by Edmund Husserl. ¹

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Definition of Phenomenology

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Medical Definition of Phenomenology

1. A description, history, or explanation of phenomena. "The phenomenology of the mind." Origin: Phenomenon: cf. F. Phenomenologie. (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Phenomenology

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Modern Classical Philosophers: Selections Illustrating Modern Philosophy by Benjamin Rand (1908)
"The union of theoretical opinions about the nature of truth, with practical and emotional interpretations of life, is characteristic of the phenomenology. ..."

2. Modern Classical Philosophers: Selections Illustrating Modern Philosophy by Benjamin Rand (1908)
"Any view about the universe expresses itself in a way of life. Such is the general notion illustrated by the phases of consciousness which the phenomenology ..."

3. Hegel and Hegelianism by Robert Mackintosh (1903)
"NOTE A. On the phenomenology of Spirit. Valuable help to an understanding of the phenomenology is furnished by Chapters V. to VII. of Dr. Baillie's Origin ..."

4. Hegel, as the National Philosopher of Germany by Karl Rosenkranz (1874)
"phenomenology was to constitute the first part of the system of science. ... phenomenology of mind was placed underneath, as designating the content of the ..."

5. Introduction to the History of Modern Philosophy by Arthur Stone Dewing (1903)
"In the "phenomenology of Mind"31 Hegel undertakes to trace the evolution or ... The fundamental purpose of the "phenomenology of Mind" is an interpretation ..."

6. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1912)
"... chapters to Emerson, Gioberti and Alexander Bain. This volume contains also Rupp's "Sketches of a Thinker." p THE phenomenology OF MIND. By GWF Hegel. ..."

7. General Principles of the Philosophy of Nature: With an Outline of Some of by John Bernhard Stallo (1848)
"IN the " phenomenology," Hegel begins by showing, that truth does not lie in the immediate data furnished by perception, but that universally the truth of ..."

8. Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students by Hans Gross, Horace Meyer Kallen (1911)
"phenomenology is 'in general the science of appearances. In our usage it is the systematic co-ordination of those outer symptoms occasioned by inner ..."

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