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PHENOMENOLOGY

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 6mins

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1.

Also known as the scientific attitude, this is a mindset which assumes that in order to understand something, it has to abide by principles of presupposition or preconceived ideas and looks at reality as things that are fragmented, partial, fixed and clear.

(a)  

2.

This is known as “bracketing” or suspending our assumptions and preconceived notions to be faithful to the original experience.

(a)  

3.

In the Phenomenological Method by Edmund Husserl, this is when we reduce the experience to its essence of in the “transcendental sphere” –to see things as they really are.

(a)  

4.

In the Phenomenological Method by Gabriel Marcel, this form of reflection looks at the experience as an object as a “problem”, detached from the self -we observe the object outside of the self.

(a)  

5.

A mathematician turned philosopher, He is known as the father of Phenomenology.

(a)  

6.

According to Gabriel Marcel, there are two levels of reflection – one is scientific, the other is phenomenological – He calls this method as:

(a)  

7.

True or false, according to phenomenology, the best way to understand an experience (such as happiness, or faith) is to look for its essence based on a collective or universal understanding of It – an understanding based on what majority has said about it such as from science or religion.

(a)  

8.

True or false –phenomenology is not a world of models and constructs, but only lived by man.

(a)  

9.

True or false – according to Husserl’s insight on the intentionality of consciousness, an object can exist without a subject – a reality can exist without us experiencing it.

(a)  

10.

The moment Emily was told that she has cancer, she told herself, “I feel scared.” She acknowledged her feelings. At what stage of Husserl’s phenomenological method is she most likely in?

(a)  

11.

In studying the problem of overpopulation in their locality, Amanda decided to look at the experience as a “problem” that is detached from herself. What form of reflection is she doing according to Gabriel Marcel’s phenomenological method?

(a)  

12.

TRUE or FALSE Unlike Rene Descartes, Edmund Husserl was not fascinated with science of his time.

(a)  

13.

True or False: In the Phenomenological Method by Gabriel Marcel, this is when the self is within the experience –the experience is validated by how the self-experienced it.

(a)  

14.

True or False: Everything that we “see” (sense) we also experience ….just about anything can be studied through phenomenology

(a)  

15.

True or False: The best way to understand an experience is not through what it is, objectively, but not on how it is experienced by the subject

(a)