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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Are numbers noumena?
According to OED, noumenon is
An object knowable only by the mind or intellect, not by the senses
But I'm a little confused at considering about numbers, they seem to be objects knowable only by ...
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Can a person's continuity of consciousness be broken and a new person arise?
I realize that the person I am as I type these letters and the person I am at the end of this sentence is slightly different. Change occurs all the time and infact change within my brain is the reason ...
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Does Husserl distinguish `sensuous contents' from 'sensuous mental processes' in §85 of Ideas I?
In §85 of Ideas I, Husserl classifies all mental processes into intentional and non-intentional mental processes. The class of non-intentional mental processes contains all sensuous mental processes.
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Intentionality: Object directed vs. 'As if in the presence of an object'
A philosophical project of mine depends on an assertion which at first seems problematic, but one that I believe is correct.
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Following Husserl, modern philosophy is in accord that the ...
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How can you support the idea of qualia as distinct from neuronal firing when you only experience one thing?
Physicalists are people who equate brain states with mental states. There are people in this category; and yet there are many people who do not hold this view. Such people hold that there is an ...
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Philosophy of Philosophy and Experience [duplicate]
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What is the practical use of philosophy?
Does philosophy move us toward a deeper understanding of the human condition, or does philosophy push us away from understanding the ...
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