Florida‚ South Africa Abstract: This article distills the core principles of a phenomenological research design and‚ by means of a specific study‚ illustrates the phenomenological methodology. After a brief overview of the developments of phenomenology‚ the research paradigm of the specific study follows. Thereafter the location of the data‚ the data-gathering the data-storage methods are explained. Unstructured in-depth phenomenological interviews supplemented by memoing‚ essays by participants
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Practice Abstract: Gestalt therapy theory is relational in its core‚ although some talk and practice of gestalt therapy is not consistent with the principles. This paper reviews core relational philosophical principles of gestalt therapy: existential phenomenology‚ field theory‚ and dialogic existentialism. The implications for practice are explored. Practices and attitudes about gestalt therapy that are inconsistent with these principles are discussed. The article studies the triggering and treatment of
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This essay shall begin by defining what positivism is‚ and how it could be used to approach the study of poverty and what problems there might be with this quantitative method. It will then move on to discuss phenomenology‚ a qualitative method‚ to come to a conclusion on which method (if any) is more useful than the other. The basic philosophy of positivism is that our social world is similar to the natural world in that both are governed by particular ‘laws’; for example‚ just as ‘cause and effect’
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variously by Aristotle‚ Aquinas‚ Husserl‚ Heidegger‚ Merleau- Ponty‚ and Arendt‚ each of whom in their own way have sought to reclaim action‚ vision‚ sensation‚ and collective physical experience back into the domain of the mental. Shakespeare’s phenomenology of crime leads us beyond the egocentric predicament of Platonic and Cartesian philosophy to an intentional form of consciousness where one thinks with things and makes plans for the past. It invites us‚ in Merleau-Ponty’s words‚ to “rediscover”
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Hegel Term paper December 2012 Questions of Antigone What is Antigone‚ in the Phenomenology of Spirit‚ doing for Hegel? What point does the tragedy help to articulate? Essentially‚ Antigone serves to illustrate the dissolution of the Ethical World‚ the Sittlichkeit of ancient Greece‚ the first manifestation of Spirit proper. But how exactly does this work? When we unpack the role of Antigone in the Phenomenology questions and ambiguities emerge. Does Hegel choose sides in the conflict between
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are engaged in inquiry concerning the search for truth‚ the nature of universe and the meaning of human experience. Welch& Polifroni(1999). The aim of this paper is to compare and contrast the philosophical paradigms of Realism‚ Antirealism‚ Phenomenology ‚ Postmodernism. To relate the Empiricism‚ Positivism‚ Historicism‚ and Relativism to the nature of scientific truth. Moreover‚ to discuss the significance of truth for nursing as a profession and as a science. The various paradigms are characterized
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born Swiss‚ is an internationally accredited and decorated architect. He is one of the most revered architects of the 21st century. Zumthor is best known for his materiality and attention to space. His style is said to epitomize the principles of phenomenology. Buildings should be experienced‚ a specific mood and feeling should felt by the person interacting with the space. In 2006 Peter Zumthor was commissioned for the Steilneset Memorial monument by the town of Vardo‚ Finnmark County‚ the Varanger
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Psychology Matters (pp. 3-29). Maidenhead: Open University Press. Holloway‚ W. (2007). Chapter 5: Self. In W. Holloway‚ H. Lucey‚ & A. Phoenix‚ Social Psychology Matters (pp. 119-144). Maidenhead: Open University Press. Jopling‚ D. A. (1996). Sub-Phenomenology. Human Studies ‚ 19 (2)‚ 153-173. Lucey‚ H. (2007). Chapter 3: Families. In W. Holloway‚ H. Lucey‚ & A. Phoenix‚ Social Psychology Matters (pp. 65-92). Maidenhead: Open University Press. McPartland‚ M. H. (1954). An Empirical Investigation of Self-Attitudes
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choosing instead to look at concepts like context‚ time‚ space‚ ETC. in more of a broad spectrum. Within continental philosophy are sub-schools of philosophy known as existentialism‚ phenomenology‚ hermeneutics‚ deconstruction‚ and critical theory. Of these‚ the two most influential schools were existentialism and phenomenology. Both of these schools stem out of the nineteenth century and much of their theory can be traced back to Socrates and pre-socratic philosophy. Existentialism tends toward the thought
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representation of qualitative research study.The qualitative design or method used in this article was concepts analysis using a convenience sampling of subjects.The research design used a research tradition of interpretive Phenomenology. According to Polit and Beck phenomenology is described as a qualitative research tradition‚ with roots in philosophy
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