April 2023
Beginner
608 pages
21h 24m
English
DOI: 10.4324/9781003377986-18
Many qualitative researchers are interested in exploring human experiences and some of them seek to understand the nature of the experience itself. These researchers often are guided by the philosophical perspectives of Husserl or Heidegger (see Chapter 2). In this chapter, we describe phenomenology, a research approach that allows for investigating the human experience at a fundamental level, seeking the essence of lived experiences as it is for several individuals; in short, phenomenologists want to know about the very structures of consciousness (Polkinghorne 1989). We also explore different forms of studying lived experiences that have emerged from or away from phenomenology, ...
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