phenomenology
noun
Simple meaning
A philosophical doctrine proposed by Edmund Husserl based on the study of human experience in which considerations of objective reality are not taken into account.
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fəˈnɑmənɑlɑɡi
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noun
philosophy
A philosophical doctrine proposed by Edmund Husserl based on the study of human experience in which considerations of objective reality are not taken into account
philosophy
A movement based on this, originated about 1905 by Edmund Husserl.
philosophy
The study of structures of consciousness as experienced from the first-person point of view.
medicinephilosophy of medical sciences
An approach to clinical practice which places undue reliance upon subjective criteria such as signs and symptoms, while ignoring objective etiologies in the formulation of diagnoses and in the compilation of a formal nosologies.
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This meaning: A philosophical doctrine proposed by Edmund Husserl based on the study of human experience in which considerations of objective reality are not taken into account
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