PHENOMENOLOGY


Meaning of PHENOMENOLOGY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ fi-ˌnä-mə-ˈnä-lə-jē ]

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 philosophical movement that describes the formal structure of the objects of awareness and of awareness itself in abstraction from any claims concerning existence

(2) : the typological classification of a class of phenomena

the phenomenology of religion

b. : an analysis produced by phenomenological investigation

• phe·nom·e·nol·o·gist -jist noun

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