phenomenological
/fəˌnɒmɪnəˈlɒdʒɪk(ə)l/adjective Philosophy
1Relating to the science of phenomena as distinct from that of the nature of being: phenomenological parameters...
- He has quietly produced a series of pieces centred on what might be described as the phenomenological properties of liquids.
- The relationship between reading, understanding, and the construction of consciousness has been extensively studied in phenomenological philosophy.
- Although this phenomenological study is appropriate for an initial inquiry into a topic, the results should be used to develop a survey of the use of horses at universities.
1.1Denoting or relating to an approach that concentrates on the study of consciousness and the objects of direct experience: the phenomenological approach’s reliance solely on personal experience...
- She is using phenomenology to analyze the phenomenological method itself.
- Visitors were greeted by the soft squelch of sand underfoot to reinforce (in an appropriately phenomenological way) the exhibition's concern with Africa.
- Daniels has not studied phenomenological methodology.
Derivatives
phenomenologically
- In some sense, ordinary visual experience comes phenomenologically interpreted.
- Her sense of self is phenomenologically bound up with the humanity of the other.
- Internal goings on would not on their own constitute a mental life, for they would, phenomenologically, not look out to external space.