phenomenology

noun

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

Roots

phainomenonphenomeno- · Greek · appearance, thing appearing logos-logy · Greek · study of

Synonyms for phenomenology

epistemologyn metaphysicsn gnosiologyadj ontologyn philosophyn axiologyn

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