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Phenomenology

The video is in Spanish. The introduction and further reading are available in English.

What is phenomenology? Everyday life is not as self-evident as it seems

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An introduction to the topic

The same room can feel different when we are waiting for someone, looking for an object or remembering an absence. Phenomenology invites us to describe how things appear in our experience: what we attend to, our bodily perspective and the meaning our experiences take on. This attention to first-person experience opens up a form of philosophical inquiry. The further reading sets out its questions and historical development, preserving distinctions between thinkers that are important to retain.

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Further reading

Phenomenology · Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy · In English.

Optional further study: this reading is not required to understand the video.