This theoretical-conceptual essay reconsiders epoché in qualitative phenomenological research and its relation to experiential emergence. Rather than a one-time technique of bracketing, epoché is conceptualized as a sustained discipline of epistemic suspension, attentional reorientation, and phenomenological restraint. On this basis, protoexistence is reformulated as a heuristic for incomplete...
This article introduces the concept of protoexistence-a pre-reflective, affective layer of experience that resists narrative integration and challenges conventional frameworks of temporality and subjectivity. Drawing on foundational insights from Husserl's internal time-consciousness (1998) and Merleau-Ponty's later reflections on the visible and the invisible (1969), this article explores how...
Abstract This chapter presents a comprehensive overview of hermeneutic phenomenological methodology, emphasizing its value in capturing the complexity and richness of subjective human experience. Rooted in the philosophical contributions of Husserl, Heidegger, Gadamer, and others, this approach integrates phenomenological reduction with hermeneutic interpretation to explore lived experiences in...
Abstract This chapter presents a pioneering integrative analysis that combines two distinct yet complementary phenomenological methodologies: Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) and microphenomenological interviewing. While IPA explores participants articulated personal meanings within a narrative framework, microphenomenology allows for a fine-grained, temporal and sensory...
Exploring the nuanced and often elusive realm of pre-reflective consciousness presents a methodological challenge, as it involves capturing experiences that arise prior to reflective thought and language. This article introduces Phenomenological Mapping, an innovative research method designed to systematically study the pre-reflective dimensions of human experience. Grounded in the foundational...
Theory of Mind (ToM), understood as the ability to intuit one's own mental states and those of others, has been extensively researched in developmental psychology and cognitive psychology. The psychological literature shows a direct relationship between ToM and the (self) reflective capacity of consciousness, a product of the cognitive effort that implies the understanding of one's own...