“…In the research planning stage, potential researchers must reflect on their own philosophical beliefs regarding the practice of bracketing, or epoché . If they, like Hans-Georg Gadamer, and his influencer at Frieburg, Heidegger, feel that bracketing is impossible and in Gadamer’s opinion “absurd,” then descriptive phenomenology may not be the best option (Agrey, 2014; Laverty, 2003, p. 25; Marino, 2010). If the researchers’ epistemological stance is that bracketing is indeed plausible and preferable, then a descriptive approach is a feasible option.…”