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phenomenology

[fi-nom-uh-nol-uh-jee] / fɪˌnɒm əˈnɒl ə dʒi /
NOUN
study of subject and objects of a person's experience
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Drawing on Martin Heidegger’s phenomenology, he defines a UFO sighting as the sort of sense impression that happens “when the heavens break down and stop working.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

In IIT’s understanding of consciousness, the painter brilliantly renders the phenomenology of the natural world onto a two-dimensional canvas.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 8, 2023

"Stellar phenomenology is extremely rich, and no two stars are the same if looked at closely enough."

From Reuters ● Jul. 21, 2023

There is a strong connection between ethics and phenomenology.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022

But I fear there is some justice in Professor Pearson's comment, "Thus his phenomenology is shattered upon his practical theology."

From Christian Mysticism by William Ralph Inge



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