Phenomenology

“When normative role behaviour becomes to rigidly defined, our freedom of action is often comprised”. Judith Butler is well known for her writings on Gender and Performance and in her article ‘Performative Acts and Gender Constitution: An Essay in Phenomenology and Feminist Theory’, she disputes the linking of gender to biological components of being and instead understood the body as an ‘active process of embodying certain cultural and historical possibilities’, meaning the ways in which one…

In this qualitative study, ethical challenges within the nursing home is discussed. Researchers Georg Bollig, Eva Gjengedal, and Jan Henrik Rosland focus on a qualitative study to better understand the “phenomenon” from the perspective of the subjects. The purpose of this study is clearly expressed, which provides an understanding of the perception of the nursing home based on the residents and their relative’s point of view, “the aim of this study was to explore what patients and their…

What is welding, and how does it work? Not many of us grasp what welding is or however it works. According to Blessed Virgin Book, “welding is the method of heating and melting metal components to affix them together” (www.weldinggeru.com). A welding machine uses electricity to soften the conductor, fusing one piece of metal to another. The attachment machine uses a ground that connects to the surface that allows the artisan to form a flowing current passing through the conductor and the metal…

where his approach can be defined as “A psychological model that emphasizes an individual's phenomenal world and inherent capacity for making rational choices and developing to maximum potential” (Gerrig, Richard J. & Phillip G. Zimbardo., 2002). Phenomenology was an important aspect of his approach where it refuted purely objective measures that were seen as less introspective in choice of a more subjective value, which allowed for deep introspection and rich information from an individual…

Being born and raised in the USA, Carl Roger’s was an All-American boy growing up, except for being raised in a strict, fundamentalist religious home. Consequently, he grew up with many conditions placed on his existence; he would be only as good as he acted or behaved and the love he received would be determined by how others perceived his actions. Admittedly, he was a hardworking and faithful young man, his environment was his reality and was all he knew. As a result, he became interested in…

Quantitative Methods The quantitative research question to be examined is looking at an individual’s personal experience with changes in occupations. Quantitative methods that could be utilized to answer this question are non-experimental designs / ex post facto, experimental and developmental research Non-experimental / ex post facto methods are used when the independent variable cannot be controlled or manipulated (Smith & Davis 2015). An appropriate method of data collection for this…

sufficient to explain the human world.” (Carel, 9) Although biology plays a very important role in the understanding of illness, the most ethical and important role should be the patient’s perspective of their own illness and experience. The study of phenomenology, founded by French philosopher Merleau-Ponty, recognizes the first person experience and the structure of that experience. By validating an ill person’s experience instead of comparing it to a textbook example of…

Individual written assignment on any philosopher of social science theorist and his/her contribution to any of the three philosophical paradigms -- positivism, interpretivism, and critical theory. POSITIVISM Positivisim is philosophical paradigms in social sciences of which gives emphasisis on empirical data and scientific method to analyse them. It is regarded as an application of methods used in natural sciences. It further assumes that fact, values and truth can be distinguished and…

1. INTRODUCTION Ubiquitous computing (or "ubicomp") is a concept in software engineering and computer science where computing is made to appear anytime and everywhere. In contrast to desktop computing, ubiquitous computing can occur using any device, in any location, and in any format. A user interacts with the computer, which can exist in many different forms, including laptop computers, tablets and terminals in everyday objects such as a fridge or a pair of glasses. The underlying technologies…

Richard Rorty, an American philosopher of the late twentieth and early twenty-first century who explored expertise in philosophy and comparative literature into a perspective called “The New Pragmatism” or “neopragmatism.” Rejecting the Platonist tradition at an starting period. Initially he was attracted to analytic philosophy. Rorty’s views were strong when he came to believe from representationalism, this tradition in its own way suffered a lot. He associated with Platonism flaw. And he…