Questions tagged [phenomenology]
Phenomenology is a philosophical movement associated with Edmund Husserl, Martin Heidegger, Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Jean-Paul Sartre. It is also a philosophical study of the structures of experience and consciousness.
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How does one know one is not dreaming?
How does one know one is not dreaming? How could one logically demonstrate to a skeptic that one is "really" there, awake and not just dreaming about the entire situation/world around him?
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How do epiphenomenalists make sense of discussions about qualia?
Epiphenomenalists believe that mental events have no causal effect on the physical. They may differ in what they consider "mental events" but it seems all of them would consider qualia / phenomenal ...
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The phenomenon of Négatité
I am a novice to JP Sartre's philosophy of existentialism and I came across the notion that in Being and Nothingness,The Origin of Negation where he claims that "nothingness is at the origin of ...
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What are some arguments against the hard problem of consciousness?
Does anyone know of any particularly interesting arguments or rebuttals against the hard problem of consciousness?
I'm looking for arguments that are either neurological, cognitive, or philosophical ...
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What does Husserl mean by essences?
Husserl insists on two "reductions" in his pure phenomenology. The second reduction is a separation of the existence of ourselves and our attitudes and "their observable essences (Taylor Carman , ...
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Why distrust our senses?
It seems self-evident that the phenomena we sense are accurate and correlate to the real world.
What sorts of philosophical arguments might cast doubt on this conviction in the veridicality of ...
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What is meant by transcendental phenomenology?
... as opposed to "phenomenology."
I suspect transcendental phenomenology refers specifically to some of Edmund Husserl's studies. But I would like to understand what was meant by them. I am finding ...
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Can an animal have qualia without self awareness?
Can an animal have qualia without self awareness? I understand that many animals are said to have qualia but not self awareness (perhaps not the great apes).
In particular, I'm having a hard time ...
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Ontological Foundations of Epistemology: Perspectives on Entities Regarding Knowledge
A review of the SEP article of epistemology indicates that there are 5 sources of knowledge: perception, memory, introspection, reason, and testimony. Robert Audi in his Epistemology: A Contemporary ...
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How have philosophers tried to argue for qualia?
What is the difference between the intuition that there is something it is like, qualitative experience, and faith in it?
Is it possible to convince someone who doesn't believe there is something it ...
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Can our sense of touch deceive us?
Descartes says that the senses deceive us. I agree for all senses, except for the tactile sense (i.e., when you touch something).
It's clear there are optical illusions, but there appear to be no ...
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What phenomenological research methods exist?
I am trying to understand the methods that have been used to develop theory in phenomenology.
As far as I can make out these boil down to:-
Introspection and intuition (and ? mindfullness)
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Do durations really end?
Leading on from this question here. I am trying to construct an understanding of why Husserl and Derrida in Aporias might believe in immortality (though perhaps neither do.)
Do any of the ...
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Visciously circular arguments against philosophy
Science seeks to explain natural events with natural causes. The
Turing hypothesis does this. Beyond the bounds of science, there is no
objective argument for anything really, just philosophical ...
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