Reduction

Home > Philosophy > Phenomenology > Reduction

The process of simplifying or distilling experiences to their most essential components.

Husserlian Reduction: The method of bracketing or suspending our natural attitude towards the world in order to access the pure consciousness.
Phenomenological Reduction: The method of reduction that aims to uncover the essence of phenomena by stripping away all assumptions and prejudices.
Epoché: The suspension of judgment or the bracketing of one's own preconceptions and beliefs to explore phenomena objectively.
Intentionality: The directedness of consciousness towards objects and states of affairs.
Noema and Noesis: Noema is the object of consciousness, while Noesis is the act of consciousness.
Eidos: The essence or universal structure of a phenomenon that doesn't change in different contexts.
Eidetic Variation: A method of variation that uncovers the essential features of a phenomenon.
Intuitive Seeing: A method of uncovering the essential features of a phenomenon through direct perception.
Phenomenological Epoché: The method of redirecting attention from the object to the act of perceiving in order to uncover the structure of consciousness.
Phenomenological Description: A detailed and exhaustive account of the structures of consciousness and the essential features of phenomena.
Lived Experience: The subjective experience of a phenomenon that shapes perception, interpretation, and understanding.
Horizons: The way in which a phenomenon is always experienced within a broader context of meaning and understanding.
Bracketing of Objectivity: The method of taking into account the subjective standpoint and the embeddedness of knowledge in a context of meaning.
Critical Phenomenology: The critical examination of the structures of consciousness that shape perception, understanding, and experience.
Ethical Phenomenology: The examination of the ethical dimension of experience and perception, and the role of values and norms in shaping consciousness.
Bracketing: It is also known as epoché, which refers to setting aside one's preconceived notions and judgements about the phenomenon being examined.
Naturalistic Reduction: Naturalistic Reduction refers to exploring the natural context of one’s experience.
Phenomenological Reduction: It is the systematic reflection and description of an experience to reduce it to its essential and constituent parts and structures.
Eidetic Reduction: It involves the search for the essential features of an experience through which an idealized or typical experience model is formed.
Genetic Reduction: Genetic Reduction refers to the investigation of the genesis, origin, and development of experience.
Transcendental Reduction: It is the attempt to understand the structures of experiencing and consciousness by exploring the necessary conditions of experience.
Empathic Reduction: Empathic Reduction is the attempt to grasp the experience of others through empathy, without losing sight of one’s own perspective.
Imaginative Variation: It is the exploration of alternative ways of experiencing or understanding a particular phenomenon, through imagination and contemplation.
"Reductionism is any of several related philosophical ideas regarding the associations between phenomena which can be described in terms of other simpler or more fundamental phenomena."
"It is also described as an intellectual and philosophical position that interprets a complex system as the sum of its parts."
"Reductionism is any of several related philosophical ideas regarding the associations between phenomena."
"It interprets a complex system as the sum of its parts."
"Reductionism is any of several related philosophical ideas regarding the associations between phenomena which can be described in terms of other simpler or more fundamental phenomena."
"The associations between phenomena which can be described in terms of other simpler or more fundamental phenomena."
"It interprets a complex system as the sum of its parts."
"It is also described as an intellectual and philosophical position that interprets a complex system as the sum of its parts."
"It interprets a complex system as the sum of its parts."
"It interprets a complex system as the sum of its parts."
"It is also described as an intellectual and philosophical position that interprets a complex system as the sum of its parts."
"The associations between phenomena which can be described in terms of other simpler or more fundamental phenomena."
"The associations between phenomena."
"As the sum of its parts."
"Reductionism is any of several related philosophical ideas regarding the associations between phenomena which can be described in terms of other simpler or more fundamental phenomena."
"It interprets a complex system as the sum of its parts."
"A philosophical position that interprets a complex system as the sum of its parts."
"It interprets a complex system as the sum of its parts."
"Reductionism is any of several related philosophical ideas regarding the associations between phenomena which can be described in terms of other simpler or more fundamental phenomena."
"As the sum of its parts."