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phenomenology [fĕ-nom″ĕ-nol´o-je]
the study of phenomena in their own right rather than inferring causes; in psychiatry, the theory that behavior is determined by the way the person perceives reality rather than by objective external reality.

phenomenology (f·näˑ·m·näˑ·l·jē),
n a philosophical approach and method of qualitative research in which the essence of an experience is sought. The researcher identifies prior assumptions and beliefs and temporarily brackets them away from the experience being researched, so that it may be understood on its own terms.
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00 Hardcover Continuum advances in religious studies BL41 Debates about theory and method in the study of religions have been conducted in terms of the opposition of understanding to explanation, contends Tremlett (School of Oriental and African Studies and Institute of Ismaili Studies, London), that is, phenomenologists and their opponents from such backgrounds as anthropology, sociology, and psychology justify their approaches by denying the legitimacy of all others.
Early on I once called him an essentialist, to contrast what he was doing with a phenomenologist teacher we both knew, and to contrast him with numerous social scientists who construct behavioral categories, count the frequency of their observed occurrence in a target group, and call these numbers the hard facts of the case.
Mike Beltzner, phenomenologist at Mozilla, told SCMagazineUS.
 
 
 
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