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http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/phenomenology/ Husserl's work was followed by a flurry of phenomenological writing in the first half of the 20th century. The diversity of traditional phenomenology is apparent in the //Encyclopedia of Phenomenology// (Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1997, Dordrecht and Boston), which features separate articles on some seven types of phenomenology. (1) Transcendental constitutive phenomenology studies how objects are constituted in pure or transcendental consciousness, setting aside questions of any relation to the natural world around us. (2) Naturalistic constitutive phenomenology studies how consciousness constitutes or takes things in the world of nature, assuming with the natural attitude that consciousness is part of nature. (3) Existential phenomenology studies concrete human existence, including our experience of free choice or action in concrete situations. (4) Generative historicist phenomenology studies how meaning, as found in our experience, is generated in historical processes of collective experience over time. (5) Genetic phenomenology studies the genesis of meanings of things within one's own stream of experience. (6) Hermeneutical phenomenology studies interpretive structures of experience, how we understand and engage things around us in our human world, including ourselves and others. (7) Realistic phenomenology studies the structure of consciousness and intentionality, assuming it occurs in a real world that is largely external to consciousness and not somehow brought into being by consciousness. phenomenology is confusing http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FSL/is_4_73/ai_73308177/ The term phenomenology often is used without a clear understanding of its meaning. Phenomenology has been described as a philosophy, methodology, and method.(2) Furthering confusion, the term phenomenology has been used interchangeably with the term hermeneutics ([|ie], analyses of the written word).(3) This column will provide a brief overview of phenomenological philosophy, methodology, and method.

simple explanation to build on: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FSL/is_4_73/ai_73308177/ PHENOMENOLOGICAL METHOD Many methods have been used in phenomenological research.(14) Frequently, inductive or qualitative methods involve transcribing material (usually interview transcripts), coding data into themes, and drawing conclusions regarding the phenomena based on these themes.(15) It is incumbent upon researchers to seek methods that fit with the philosophy and methodology of their research question and to chose methods congruent with the research topic and assumptions. As qualitative researchers, phenomenologists must follow an organized approach to answering their research question. First, the researcher must develop the question. Next, he or she must devise a sampling plan to ensure the appropriate subjects are available and willing to answer questions. Information or data can be obtained by observations, interviews, or written descriptions. Data then are analyzed using a process of coding and categorizing the information. Finally, the findings are confirmed by others to ensure the credibility of the conclusions.

http://www.inside-installations.org/OCMT/mydocs/Microsoft%20Word%20-%20Booksummary_Phenomenological_Research_Methods_SMAK_2.pdf Moustakas on Phenomelology

interpretivism http://www.nature.com/ki/journal/v62/n5/fig_tab/4493262f1.html A few potentially useful info extracted from [] ** Realistic phenomenology emphasizes the search for the universal essences ** ** of various sorts of matters, including human actions, motives, and selves. . . . . **
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** The issues addressed in hermeneutical phenomenology include simply all of those that were added to the agenda in the previous tendencies and stages. What is different is the emphasis on hermeneutics or the method of interpretation. This tendency has also included much scholarship on the history of philosophy and has had extensive influence on the human sciences. ** [|http://books.google.com/books?id=0IPtMDR3oX8C&pg=PA265&lpg=PA265&dq=generative+phenomenology+definition&source=bl&ots=_EFPohD_4-&sig=xGDsmZpoHEb2WkCt6ruv8UinzoY&hl=en&ei=5UjDTumUMoH50gGTpYztDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&sqi=2&ved=0CDgQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=generative%20phenomenology%20definition&f=false] p.257 on generative phen.

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