phenomenology

(noun)

A philosophy based on the intuitive experience of phenomena, and on the premise that reality consists of objects and events as consciously perceived by conscious beings.

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Examples of phenomenology in the following topics:

  • Economic Sociology

    • The classical period was concerned particularly with modernity and its phenomenological progeny, such as rationalization, secularization, urbanization, and social stratification.

  • Symbolic Interactionism

    • This perspective is also rooted in phenomenological thought (see social constructionism and phenomenology).

  • The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective

    • This perspective is also rooted in phenomenological thought.