This chapter examines whether hallucinations are related to the problem of phenomenal consciousness and how historical contributions to the phenomenology of hallucinations, notably the Early Heidelberg School (1909–1932), shed light on hallucinations in schizophrenia. We focus specifically on Mayer-Gross, who in his phenomenological analysis of hallucinations during psychosis, drew from studies...
This article explores the phenomenology of auditory verbal hallucinations (AVHs), while also stressing the indispensability of phenomenological research to a wider understanding of these phenomena. I begin by making clear that the kinds of experience routinely labeled as “AVHs” are diverse and that many of them are not at all like hearing someone speak. I then note that AVHs in psychiatric...
Clinical phenomenology weaves descriptive, structural, and transcendental threads. At the descriptive level, phenomenology does not end but starts with the confrontation to that which does not immediately appear in consciousness; an analysis is already required here, which brackets the dichotomy between normal and pathological, to consider the meaning of being human. Structurally, clinical...
Consciousness is the subjective state of awareness of the sensible world. This chapter focuses on the process of being conscious of something, and examines in detail the most significant abnormalities that affect consciousness. Consciousness is distinguished from attention, although both are related. The pivotal role of consciousness in phenomenology is discussed and the tensions between the...