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Conceptual Reflection

Conceptual Reflection Concept analysis is a philosophical technique for specifying differences of meaning. Concept analysis is the process of breaking up a complex conceptual or linguistic entity into its most basic semantic constituents. One assumption of conceptual...

Etymological Reflection

Etymological Reflection The search of etymological sources can be an important aspect of phenomenological “data collecting.” The first thing that often strikes us about any phenomenon is that the words we use to refer to the phenomenon have lost some of their original...

Linguistic Reflection

Linguistic Reflection It is sometimes surprising how much language can teach us if we allow ourselves to be attentive to even the most common of expressions associated with the phenomenon we wish to pursue. The reason is that sayings, idiomatic phrases, proverbs, and...