At its core, phenomenology is about describing experiences as they unfold without the influence of preconceived ideas. It echoes the German philosopher Edmund Husserl’s call to go “back to the things ...

Psychological and philosophical studies have long shown that a person's subjective moods and emotions have a significant impact on how they experience the "meaning in life." Philosopher Matthew ...

The Approaches to Studying Inventory (ASI) was based on qualitative research by Marton and Säljö, which established 'surface' and 'deep' approaches to study. This article attempts a new qualitative ...

The phenomenology: what are we talking about? Phenomenology is a philosophical current initiated by Husserl that seeks to apprehend reality as it is given, through phenomena. Husserl's key word is ...

The Journal of Speculative Philosophy, Vol. 32, No. 3, SPECIAL ISSUE WITH THE SOCIETY FOR PHENOMENOLOGY AND EXISTENTIAL PHILOSOPHY (2018), pp. 450-461 (12 pages ...

Since the time of Descartes philosophers have sought to establish what justifies true beliefs by examining the epistemic conditions immediately underlying knowledge claims. As critics of this ...

I study the experience of illness, using phenomenology, a philosophical approach that studies how we encounter the world and other people. I am particularly interested in wellbeing and how health ...