by admin | Aug 17, 2023 | Phenomenological Reduction
The phenomenological reduction: concreteness Method: Bracket all knowledge, all theory or theoretical meaning, all belief in what is real, and aim at evoking concreteness or living meaning. The phenomenological reduction requires that one avoid all abstraction, all...
by admin | Aug 17, 2023 | Reductio
Reductio It is impossible to practice the phenomenological method without understanding the meaning and significance of the reduction. “Reduction” is the technical term that describes a phenomenological device which permits us to discover what Merleau-Ponty (1962)...
by admin | Aug 17, 2023 | Convocative Turn
The convocative turn: appeal Appeal: The phenomenological text can possess revealing power – with its life meaning makeing a transformative appeal to the reader. A qualitative text can suddenly open up to a fundamental insight that cannot be reduced to a conceptual...
by admin | Sep 7, 2023 | Evocative Turn
The Evocative Turn Nearness: Give key words their full value (through metaphor and poetic devices such as repetition, alliteration) so that layers of meaning get strongly embedded in the text. The term “evoke” derives from evocare, to call forth, to call out, and...
by admin | Aug 17, 2023 | Invocative Turn
The Invocative Turn Intensification: The intensification of a text’s language implies that its meaning becomes more universal, more general. The meaning of words and phrases is universalized. When concrete things are named in text in which words are intensified, a...
by admin | Aug 17, 2023 | Provocative Turn
The Provocative Turn Answerability: articulate the kind of ethical predicaments that are suggested in the study and what are the active normative responses (advice, policies, tactful practices, etc.). When a person is addressed by an other then he or she can turn away...
