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Ethical Phenomenology

Ethical phenomenology Basic themes of ethical phenomenology are “otherness,” “responsibility,” “I-Thou,” “the vocative,” and “(non)relationality.” Ethical phenomenology probably originates with Max Scheler, a contemporary of Husserl, in his study “The Nature of...

Existential Phenomenology

Existential phenomenology Basic themes of existential phenomenology are “lived experience,” “modes of being,” “ontology,” and “lifeworld.” In his last work The Crisis of the European Sciences (1936), Husserl had already turned phenomenological analysis away from the...

Experiential Phenomenology

Phenomenology of practice Phenomenology of practice could also be called experiential phenomenology, lifeworld phenomenology, or applied phenomenology. Professional practitioners tend to be less interested in the philosophy of phenomenological method than its practice...

Hermeneutical Phenomenology

Hermeneutical phenomenology Basic themes of hermeneutic phenomenology are “interpretation,” “textual meaning,” “dialogue,” “preunderstanding,” and “tradition.” Heidegger, Gadamer, and Ricoeur are the foremost representatives of the movement of hermeneutic...

Linguistic Phenomenology

Linguistical phenomenology Basic themes of linguistical phenomenology are “textual autonomy,” “signification,” “intertextuality,” “deconstruction,” “discourse,” and “space of the text.” Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, and Gadamer have been highly concerned with the role and...

Orientations in Phenomenology

Phenomenology has a rich and complex background and it continues to evolve along lines that find their origins in earlier periods and movements. From a philosophical point of view there exist many continuities and discontinuities among the various phenomenological...