Phenomenology Definitions Flashcards
Pedagogy
A noun for the profession, science, or theory of teaching.
Phenomenology
The main idea of phenomenology is to study the structure and content of lived experience from the first-person perspective.
Alterity
A philosophical term meaning “otherness”.
Anthropomorphism
The attribution of human characteristics or behavior to a god, animal, or object.
Axiology
The branch of philosophy dealing with values, as those of ethics, aesthetics, or religion.
Axiom
A premise so evident as to be accepted as true without controversy.
Cogito
Consciousness
Dasein
The human capability of wondering about our own existence.
Eidos
Essence
Eidetic Reduction
This method begins by comparing the phenomenon with other related but different phenomena, to help discern what the phenomenon is not. For more: https://goo.gl/P3dtbH
Epistemology
The study of knowledge or the structures with which we think.
Epoché
The theoretical moment where all judgments about the existence of the external world, and consequently all action in the world, are suspended.
Ethos
The characteristic spirit of a culture, era, or community as manifested in its beliefs and aspirations.
Existentialism
A philosophical theory or approach that emphasizes the existence of the individual person as a free and responsible agent determining their own development through acts of the will.
Gestell (enframing)
Literally means skeleton.
Heuristic
Pertaining to, or based on experimentation, evaluation, or trial-and-error methods.
Hermeneutics
Hermeneutics is the study of the interpretation of written texts, especially texts in the areas of literature, religion and law.
Idiom
A phrase or a fixed expression that has a figurative, or sometimes literal, meaning. An idiom’s figurative meaning is different from the literal meaning. (eg. A chip on your shoulder, high as a kite)
Intentionality
The inseparable connectedness of the human being to the world.
Lifeworld
What humans experience pre-reflectively.
Logos (meaning the study of)
A literary device that can be defined as a statement, sentence or argument used to convince or persuade the targeted audience by employing reason or logic.
Ontology
Ontology just means the study of Being. For more: https://goo.gl/P3dtbH
Noema
A technical term in phenomenology to stand for the object or content of a thought, judgment, or perception.
Pathos (emotion)
A communication technique used most often in rhetoric (where it is considered one of the three modes of persuasion, alongside ethos and logos).
Praxis (process)
The process by which a theory, lesson, or skill is enacted, practiced, embodied, or realised.
Present vs. Ready At Hand
A hammer: it is ready-to-hand; we use it without theorizing. In fact, if we were to look at it as present-at-hand, we might easily make a mistake. Only when it breaks or something goes wrong might we see the hammer as present-at-hand, just lying there.
Punctum
The photographic detail that catches the eye, interrupts, disturbs, and evokes an unexpected mood—pensiveness, delight, or even tenderness.
Quotidian
The daily: usual or customary; everyday: ordinary; commonplace: something recurring daily.
Reductio (reduction)
The bracketing or suspension of our everyday “natural attitude”.
Studium
Basically the opposite of punctum. “I glance through them, I don’t recall them; no detail ever interrupts my reading: I am interested in them (as I am interested in the world), I do not love them”.
Techne
Tools that extend our reach, abilities, sensory perception, locomotion, and understanding.
Textorium
The space of the text. The space of the text is what we create in writing but it is also in some sense already there.
Transcendental
Relating to experience as determined by the mind’s makeup.
Transcendental Reduction
Suspending all transcendent claims; that is, all assertions about reality other than that of consciousness itself.
Vocatio (vocative)
The case used for a noun that identifies a person (animal, object, etc.) being addressed.
Zeitgeist
The intellectual fashion or dominant school of thought that typifies and influences the culture of a particular period in time.
Postphenomenology
is empirical phenomenological research that attends to specific technologies and the existential and epistemological differences they may be making to pedagogical lifeworlds.
