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Phenomenology
“Before explaining an experience, phenomenology asks how it shows up.”
01 / SUMMARY
In short
Phenomenology studies structures of conscious experience: intentionality, perception, time, embodiment, and relations with others. It is not one doctrine; Husserl, Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, and others diverged sharply.
03 / SCENE
In the wild
A familiar tool can recede from attention while it works and become an explicit object when it breaks.
04 / LIMIT
The limit
It is neither a diary of feelings nor a replacement of empirical research with private introspection.
FINAL NOTE
What remains
Describe how something appears before imposing a causal explanation on it.