phemeno + reflection

Phenomenology

• The science of the essence of consciousness

• Edmund Husseri (father of phemenology)

- encourages us to go “back to the things themselves”.

- It is a philosophy of “presuppositionless” – independent and free of prejudice.

Experience

a raw event in which no one has control of

Epoche

-also known as Bracketing.

- Refers to the reduction of our experiences and the process of knowing the meaning of things

Eidetic Reduction (Eidos)

- Reflection means we are looking for the essential meanings of our lived experiences. Through this, the possibilities of lived phenomena are uncovered.

Reflection

- a thought, idea, or opinion or a remark made as a result of meditation

Gabriel Marcel

- found primary and secondary reflections

Primary Reflection

- involves the analysis of an object

- The relationship of an individual to the world based on their existence as an object in the world

- It is the instrument of scientific knowledge; it understands its objects by abstraction

- This type of reflection is interested with definitions and with technical and methodical solutions to problems.

- Its answers and judgments are objective.

Secondary Reflection

- involves the synthesis of the object

-It unifies rather than divides.

- It is the instrument of philosophical reflection.

- It highlights the reciprocal connection between the object and the subject.