phenomenology (redirected from Pheomenological)

phe·nom·e·nol·o·gy  (f-nm-nl-j)

n.

1. A philosophy or method of inquiry based on the premise that reality consists of objects and events as they are perceived or understood in human consciousness and not of anything independent of human consciousness.

2. A movement based on this, originated about 1905 by Edmund Husserl.

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phe·nome·no·logi·cal (-n-lj-kl) adj.

phe·nome·no·logi·cal·ly adv.

phe·nome·nolo·gist n.

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phenomenology [fɪˌnɒmɪˈnɒlədʒɪ]

n Philosophy

1. (Philosophy) 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. (Philosophy) the science of phenomena as opposed to the science of being

phenomenological  [fɪˌnɒmɪnəˈlɒdʒɪk^əl] adj

phenomenologically  adv

phenomenologist  n

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phenomenology

1. the study of phenomena.
2. the philosophical system of Edmund Husserl and his followers, especially the careful description of phenomena in all areas of experience. — phenomenologist, n. — phenomenologic, phenomenological, adj.

See also: Philosophy

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ontology, phenomenology - Ontology is the branch of metaphysics concerned with the nature or essence of being or existence, the opposite of phenomenology, the science of phenomena.

See also related terms for phenomena.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

phenomenology - 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 doctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought - a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school

Translations

phenomenology [fɪˈnɒmɪˈnɒlədʒɪ] N → fenomenología f

phenomenology

n → Phänomenologie f