Micro-Phenomenological Self-Inquiry

Sparby, Terje

doi:10.1007/s11097-022-09815-9

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“…A typical example of this is a study done by Nisbett and Wilson ( Nisbett and Wilson, 1977 ), which showed that we often make mistakes when we investigate our own decision making process, and the criticism of introspection continues today ( Schwitzgebel, 2008 ; Smithies, 2013 ). Some research exists, showing that introspection may become more reliable when it is done methodologically through for instance micro-phenomenology ( Petitmengin et al, 2013 ; Sparby et al, 2021 ), Although micro-phenomenology is mostly conducted by guiding others to investigate their experience systematically, it may also be done in a way where a person investigates their own experience ( Sparby et al, 2020b ; Sparby, 2023 ) and methodical advancements like relying on a cultivation of the sense of certainty may improve the reliability of reports ( Sparby et al, 2020a ). Still, the empirical evidence that it is possible to improve the reliability of reports is scarce.…”

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The phenomenology of attentional control: a first-person approach to contemplative science and the issue of free will

Sparby,

Cysarz,

Hornemann v. Laer

et al. 2024

Front. Psychol.

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There are two basic aspects of attentional control. The ability to direct attention toward different objects is typically experienced as a fundamental indicator of attentional freedom. One can control what one attends to and directing attention is a relatively simple task. In contrast, sustaining attention on a chosen object proves to be difficult as mind-wandering seems to be inevitable. Does the problem of sustaining attention, mean that we are fundamentally unfree? We discuss this issue in light of an introspective study of directing and sustaining attention, looking specifically into the question of whether it is possible to experience the source of attention, i.e., the subject enacting freedom through attention. The study involved six persons performing different attention tasks over the course of about a month. Common experiences and contrasting reports are presented. This forms the basis for a discussion of the method of introspection and in particular of how to approach conflicting reports.

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The phenomenology of attentional control: a first-person approach to contemplative science and the issue of free will

Sparby,

Cysarz,

Hornemann v. Laer

et al. 2024

Front. Psychol.

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Researching causal relationships from the first-person perspective. An Expansion of the micro-phenomenological method

Sparby

2024

New Ideas in Psychology

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Aesthetic Production in Clay Molding: Mental and Dynamically Embodied Action Mediate Between Formal and Material Aspects of Experience

Wagemann,

Starosky

2024

Empirical Studies of the Arts

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Aesthetic production, that is, the processing of material with a focus on the experiential and formal qualities of resulting objects and the process itself, encompasses basic dimensions of art, creativity, craft, and design. To explore these dimensions, we propose the Rubicon model of action phases as a general framework. Additionally, we introduce Schiller's aesthetics as an interactive account of formal/mental and material/physical aspects of aesthetic production and derive testable hypotheses from it. First, we expect form- and material-related experience to converge over an aesthetic production task; second, we assume that physical and mental actions occur with different prevalence across the action phases. These hypotheses were strengthened in a quasi-experimental mixed-methods study on a clay-molding task in an educational real-world setting ( N = 30). The results suggest understanding aesthetic production as a dynamic intertwining of object-related and subject-related experience, action, and embodiment, which supports the transdisciplinary significance of aesthetic production for self-development.

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Micro-Phenomenological Self-Inquiry

Cited by 4 publications

References 27 publications

The phenomenology of attentional control: a first-person approach to contemplative science and the issue of free will

The phenomenology of attentional control: a first-person approach to contemplative science and the issue of free will

Researching causal relationships from the first-person perspective. An Expansion of the micro-phenomenological method

Aesthetic Production in Clay Molding: Mental and Dynamically Embodied Action Mediate Between Formal and Material Aspects of Experience

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