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You can view the original post here “[Phenomenology] brings into view something with which we are at once deeply intimate but at the same time, of which we are typically neglectful: our own experience.” - Joel Smith, Experiencing Phenomenology: An Introduction (xiii). “Without doing phenomenology, it may be practically impossible to understand phenomenology.” “…without entering into the doing , the basic thrust and import of phenomenology is likely to be misunderstood at the least or missed at most.” - Don Ihde, Experimental Phenomenology (3, 4). Phenomenology—from the Greek phenomena + logos —means one thing like an account ( logos ) of appearances ( phenomena ) . The Greek phainomenon is derived from phainesthai , which suggests to seem, develop into seen, or present itself. The time period logos is derived from the Greek legein , which suggests ‘to assemble’, ‘to gather’. Within the 200+ historical Greek compound nouns ending in - logos , the time period refers both to...