Noun: phenomenology fu,nó-mi'nó-lu-jee
- A philosophical doctrine proposed by Edmund Husserl based on the study of human experience in which considerations of objective reality are not taken into account
"The philosopher's work in phenomenology explored the nature of consciousness and perception"
- (science) application of theory to experiment or observation; observable predictions of a theory
"The physicist used phenomenology to bridge the gap between theoretical models and experimental data"
Derived forms: phenomenologies
Type of: doctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought
Encyclopedia: Phenomenology