Introduction to Phenomenology

Moran, Dermot

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“…He is supported in this by occasional notorious statements from Husserl (see, for example, 2002: 94-95). Other authors, such as Moran (2000) and Sokolowski (1964), read Husserl more straightforwardly in terms of a form of 'transcendental idealism'.…”

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Rewriting the Constitution: A Critique of ‘Postphenomenology’

Smith

2014

Philos. Technol.

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Abstract:This paper builds a three part argument in favour of a more transcendentally focused form of 'postphenomenology' than is currently practised in philosophy of technology. It does so by problematising two key terms, 'constitution' and 'postphenomenology', then by arguing in favour of a 'transcendental empiricist' approach that draws on the work of Foucault, Derrida, and, in particular, Deleuze.Part one examines 'constitution', as it moves from the context of Husserl's phenomenology to Ihde and Verbeek's 'postphenomenology'. I argue that the term tends towards different senses in these contexts, and that this renders its sense more problematic than the work of Ihde and Verbeek makes it appear. Part two examines 'postphenomenology'. I argue that putatively 'poststructuralist' thinkers such as Derrida, Foucault and Deleuze may be better characterised as 'postphenomenologists', and that approaching them in this way may allow better access to their work from a philosophy of technology perspective. Part three argues for a 'transcendental empiricist' approach to philosophy of technology. In doing so, it argues for a rewriting of contemporary philosophy of technology's political constitution: since an 'empirical turn' in the 1990s, I argue, philosophy of technology has been too narrowly focused on 'empirical' issues of fact, and not focused enough on 'transcendental' issues concerning conditions for these facts. Keywords:'postphenomenology'; 'Ihde'; 'Verbeek'; 'Deleuze'; 'transcendental empiricism'; 'transcendental turn'. This paper builds a three part argument in favour of a more transcendentally focused form of 'postphenomenology' than is currently practised in philosophy [p 534] of technology. It does so by problematising two key terms, 'constitution' and 'postphenomenology', then by arguing in favour of a 'transcendental empiricist' approach that draws on the work of Foucault, Derrida, and, in particular, Deleuze.The first part focuses on the term 'constitution', with attention to how its sense changes as we move from the context of Husserl's phenomenology to that of 'postphenomenology', as advanced by Ihde (1993 Selinger 2006a) and Verbeek (2005Verbeek ( , 2011. This aim of this part is quite restricted:to argue that 'constitution' tends towards different senses in the contexts described, and that this renders the term more problematic than the work of Ihde and Verbeek makes it appear. The second 2 part focuses on the term 'postphenomenology' itself. The aim of this part is to argue that putatively 'poststructuralist' thinkers like Foucault, Derrida and Deleuze may in fact be better described as 'postphenomenologists'. This claim is in some ways consonant with Ihde's own attempts to ascribe a phenomenological genealogy to poststructuralist thinkers, as when he situates Derrida and Foucault in terms of what he calls 'edifying phenomenology ' (1986: 192-193); however, it also goes beyond this by placing greater emphasis on the importance of a linguistic turn in the work of Foucault, Derrida and Deleuze. The t...

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Rewriting the Constitution: A Critique of ‘Postphenomenology’

Smith

2014

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“…Though it can be argued that several qualitative approaches share this aim, in interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) socially contextualised experiential understanding is emphasised (Moran, 2000;Smith, 2008), indicating its suitability for this study.…”

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Exploring Polish migrants' adaptation to life in the UK: an interpretative phenomenological analysis

O'Brien

Tribe

2013

International Journal of Culture and Mental Health

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This paper presents findings from a study exploring how a group of post-2004 Polish migrants reported adapting to life in the UK. Eight participants were interviewed and transcripts were analysed using the qualitative methodology of interpretative phenomenological analysis. Two themes encapsulating the main findings from the study form the focus of the paper: in pursuit of more freedom and disconnection. From the analysis, it appears that this sample is particularly motivated by the opportunity for personal growth, which is perceived as more achievable in the UK. It is contended that this reflects a pre-existing identification with more individualist characteristics associated with 'Western culture', which participants, in the postcommunist landscape of Poland, have internalised. The sense of disconnection experienced by participants relates to difficulties forming friendships in the UK and is understood as a consequence of differing cultural values associated with social relationships. Contextual factors for each of these domains are considered. The findings represent the reported experiences of this group of participants and may not be generalizable.

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“…It is even farther away from his later ideal of a transcendental ego relating to an essence, or eidos. (Moran 2000).…”

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“…Heidegger wanted in his early philosophy to study the basic processes and structures of human existence as these unfolded in daily life. Sport belongs here; the sport world is part of daily life, as Heidegger himself showed, skiing from his hut in Todtnauberg to lectures at the University of Freiburg (Moran 2000). …”

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Dangerous Play With the Elements: Towards a Phenomenology of Risk Sports

Breivik

2011

Sport, Ethics and Philosophy

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This file was dowloaded from the institutional repository Brage NIH -brage.bibsys.no/nih Breivik, G. (2011 Dangerous Play with the Elements -Towards a Phenomenology of Risk SportsGunnar Breivik, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences AbstractThe purpose of the article is to present a phenomenological description of how athletes in specific risk sports explore human interaction with natural elements. Skydivers play with, and surf on, the encountering air while falling towards the ground. The kayakers play on the waves and with the stoppers and currents in the rivers. The climbers are ballerinas of the vertical, using cracks and holds in the cliffs to pull upwards against gravity forces. The theoretical background for the description is found in the phenomenology of Heidegger and Merleau-Ponty. The phenomenology of Husserl focused on the theoretical intentionality of the transcendental ego. With Heidegger the human being's concrete and practical interaction with the environing world moved to the foreground. Heidegger's analyses of 'equipmentality' throw important light also on the equipmentality in sports and how we deal with tools and equipment in sports. However in Heidegger's analyses the body resides in the background both as subject and object. The importance of the active body-subject is well documented in the work of Merleau-Ponty, and also Todes. The human being is a bodily 'being-in-the-world' and the body is the active medium through which the world is grasped. The body is however also situated and aligned with the fundamental dimensions of the world, with the vertical gravity and the horizontal action space. In the article I show in a concrete way how we in some sports use fundamental characteristics of the environing world in a mode of playfulness. In these sports human beings play in an extreme way with fundamental elements of nature. The 2 article thus puts phenomenology to a test. It should be able to move from general characteristics to specific features of our bodily human involvement with the environing world.

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Introduction to Phenomenology

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Rewriting the Constitution: A Critique of ‘Postphenomenology’

Rewriting the Constitution: A Critique of ‘Postphenomenology’

Exploring Polish migrants' adaptation to life in the UK: an interpretative phenomenological analysis

Dangerous Play With the Elements: Towards a Phenomenology of Risk Sports

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