by admin | Aug 17, 2023 | Hermeneutic Reduction
The hermeneutic reduction: openness Method: Bracket all interpretation and reflectively explicate whatever assumptions seem to need attention in writing the research text. One needs to reflect on one’s own preunderstandings, frameworks, and biases regarding the...
by admin | Aug 17, 2023 | Hermeneutical Phenomenology
Hermeneutical phenomenology Basic themes of hermeneutic phenomenology are “interpretation,” “textual meaning,” “dialogue,” “preunderstanding,” and “tradition.” Heidegger, Gadamer, and Ricoeur are the foremost representatives of the movement of hermeneutic...
by admin | Aug 17, 2023 | Heuristic Reduction
The heuristic reduction: wonder Method: Bracket the attitude of taken-for-grantedness and aim to awaken a profound sense of wonder about the phenomenon in which one is interested. At the most basic level the phenomenological reduction consists of the attitude or mood...
by admin | Apr 26, 2021 | Textorium
Living with an Incessantly Crying Infant Hewat, Roberta J. It was a beautiful day outside. I had a big table in her bedroom, all the diapers and everything were on it and she was laying there screaming and crying and all I can think about is shaking this child and...
by admin | Aug 17, 2023 | Historical Sources
Human phenomena always acquire their significance in historical contexts; thus history is a source of meaning for phenomenological inquiry. Sometimes we may gain unique insights into human phenomena when we study those phenomena in histrorical contexts. Through...
