Phenomenology - mid-term Process Progress

2021.04.16f

maybe just do some writing instead ...

When you're lost in the woods what are you supposed to do? Find some landmark that could used as a point of reference, possibly? Some sort of signal, whether vocal or smoke, maybe? I have spent maybe 100 clock hours on this jumble and I have no idea what ... in the world ... phenomenology is.

One thing I have ran into, something prominent ... in the moment, just now, as I have decided to just sit all the mess of attempts at notes aside ... there was the idea happening, at one point along the way, that there seemed to be alot of 'laying down the rules and laws' ... and, more like ... what I was getting out of it, whether what is being given or not may, in this case, would be beyond my current level of experience with the topic ... what I was getting was that there was all talk about how to do it, but, no demonstration, that I was catching, of what it is, as it is being done ... maybe it's a contradiction somehow, to suppose that it could be 'demonstrated' exactly ... maybe it, at it's headiest, is beyond a concrete example that could be shown. This 'no demonstration' is of course broad, and, there are minor examples of this or that, here and there, but.

Of course, you get the idea that there's a plan of action, you want to formulate a plan to go on a vacation to the gulf coast. You look at the model car magazines ... well, the models come first. You (I) look at these catalogs. I'd called in some 1:64 model sized cars awhile back, last year sometime, year or two ago when the ones arrived that may've been the cause of the catalogs being sent. Get the catalogs in the mail, flip the pages, daydream a minute or two, set 'em aside, they stack up a little, try to have 'em unsubscribed but can't find the FAQ on that one, send an e-mail, no reply, magazines don't stop at first, may've gone on six months, as though stopped automatically at that point.

I begin looking at the magizines (catalogs, really) two, three weeks ago, as a diversion, a fun escape for a few minutes. The cars, some of 'em, start taking me away. For some reason I get the idea that I could pull a nice selection out from around a certain range of years and the group of 'em would look really cool together ... from without the entire catalog that has tons of cars, well, tons of any size, and, quite a few of the 1:64 specifically.

I had a few hotwheels when I was alot younger, but, I didn't as get into it as I'd seen some do back then.

I took some pictures of a bunch of the pictures. Some begin to stand out, they begin to group themselves into a sub-group of the pics of pics and they begin to express that they not only have unique and individual character, but, as a group they carry a story, which they then proceed to tell me. I make this up of course, it's a fiction ... I mean, not that there aren't cars, not that these model cars don't have a story, but, that these cars could really be, in some way, grouping themselves and telling me, the person, with the mind, the story; and, not that I was making the story up from the idea I was getting from grouping the cars together.

Mostly late 1960s, early 1970s, I don't know why pre-1977 seemed to be the number. The sub-group gets placed on a paint program pad, there was some rearranging taking place and then ... how they were placed more raw like wound up a not overthinking the order they took, as, from what one would be seen first in the story and what one last.

There's a dude, he's up say mid-morning, it's gulf coast, Texas, guess that was mentioned above. He's up and about getting some pop bottles ... to cash in for the return change at the grocery store. Overcast, kinda seaside morning, in the alley, rumaging, bell bottom denim, no shirt, no shoes, long hair, late teens, early twenties.

The story was real simple to begin. Dude. Pop bottles. Money. Bread & baloney (may've even happened later ... in evolution of the idea of the story). Some hippies from out of town. Afternoon at the beach smokin' dope together and hangin' out. Near original idea, if not, conversation that afternoon. The way the pictures landed, I don't know if the story needed to have detail or if it needed to be left to the imagination, ya know?

I wanted to tell the story. The cars & trucks looked so nice in the pictures. The topic took me back to early twenties when life ... well ... it was no better exactly, comparatively, I have it as good or better now ... something about the nostalgia of it that gives it a quality, though. I wanted to tell the story but I didn't want to wreck the idea.

Is this a case for Phenomenology?

Could I say, try and pull a list of vocabulary, words I've seen associated cross situationally (books like textbooks, encyclopedial articles, 'bout all, I guess) ... try and get the vocabulary list together, one that stands out for me personally anyway, and, try and 'apply it', as a process, to the idea of the process of this story sort of in mind?

This mid-term paper I'd wanted to aim for 2,500 words, intending it as a checking in sort of place, as a beginning of a practice of a process for going about picking out a topic, reading and writing it up. Wrapping up with a 5,000 word final paper. Therefore, this current paper is the idea beginning to work and the attempt at explaining where and how far along I am with the topic in the direction of what will culminate in the five grand paper.

The bibliography is still to gather, besides the vocabulary that I'll want to try and work with. Simple. Self-paced. Self-guided. Topic chosen by me. Unsure how 'survey' than 'credit course' the final effect may be of the topic itself, basic guide is all. I think it'd be fun to do both the bibliography and vocabulary as paint program pads for a visual well behaved splatter, of sorts. The paper would only be about 1000 words to this point. Less than four clock hours from deadline (well, for intended budgeted clock for the midterm itself; I split total budgeted clock in half then did a 2.5:1 ratio of read time to write, this idea happening quite awhile after I began, my ratio was imbalanced and having to aright it as total stop approaches).

In the Direction of some Vocabulary

p135 v.6 TEOP "... Phenomenology is the science in which we come to know mind as it is in itself through the study of the ways in which it appears to us..."

"...The concept of intentionality, the directedness of the consciousness toward an object, which is a basic concept in phenomenology, was already present in Brentano's Psychologie vom empirischen Standpunkte (1874): “And thus..." Britannica, Phenomenology: Origin and development of Husserl's phenomenology: >Basic principles

Epoché (ἐðï÷Þ epokhē, "cecessation"[1]) is an ancient Greek term. In Hellenistic philosophy it is a technical term typically translated as "suspension of judgment" but also as "withholding of assent".[2] In the modern philosophy of Phenomenology it refers to a process of setting aside assumptions and beliefs.

Phenomenology (main section last of "epoche" article

Main article: Bracketing (phenomenology)

Epoché, or Bracketing in phenomenological research, is described as a process involved in blocking biases and assumptions in order to explain a phenomenon in terms of its own inherent system of meaning. This is a general predisposition one must assume before commencing phenomenological study. This involves systematic steps to "set aside" various assumptions and beliefs about a phenomenon in order to examine how the phenomenon presents itself in the world of the participant.[8]

[[[ 2021.04.08f even including the assumption (bracketing) that what you say is both credible and accurate ... intersubjectivity? ]]]

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ei·det·ic [î déttik]

adjective (formal) 

1.  able to recall with startling accuracy: able to recall or reproduce things previously seen, with startling accuracy, clarity, and vividness

an eidetic memory

2.  recalled with startling accuracy: recalled or reproduced with startling accuracy, clarity, and vividness

eidetic images

[Early 20th century. < Greek eidçtikos < eidos "form"]

Microsoft® Encarta® 2008. © 1993-2007 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. ]]]

[[[ 2021.04.08r

"...This collective inter-subjective pool of perceiving, Husserl explains, is both universally present and, for humanity's purposes, capable of arriving at 'objective truth,' or at least as close to objectivity as possible.[6] The 'lifeworld' is a grand theatre of objects variously arranged in space and time relative to perceiving subjects, is already-always there, and is the "ground" for all shared human experience.[7]..."

wikipedia "Lifeworld".pdf p1/5

from p2/5

"...The lifeworld can be thought of as the horizon of all our experiences, in the sense that it is that background on which all things appear as themselves and meaningful. The lifeworld cannot, however, be understood in a purely static manner; it isn't an unchangeable background, but rather a dynamic horizon in which we live, and which "lives with us" in the sense that nothing can appear in our lifeworld except as lived..."

and also 2/5

"...The concept represented a turning point in Husserl's phenomenology from the tradition of Descartes and Kant. Up until then, Husserl had been focused on finding, elucidating, and explaining an absolute foundation of philosophy in consciousness, without any presuppositions except what can be found through the reflective analysis of consciousness and what is immediately present to it. Originally, all judgments of the real were to be "bracketed" or suspended, and then analyzed to bring to light the role of consciousness in constituting or constructing them. With the concept of the lifeworld, however, Husserl embarked on a different path, which recognizes that, even at its deepest level, consciousness is already embedded in and operating in a world of meanings and pre-judgements that are socially, culturally, and historically constituted. Phenomenology thereby became the study not just of the pure consciousness and meanings of a transcendental ego, as in Husserl's earlier work, but of consciousness and meaning in context. The lifeworld is one of the more complicated concepts in phenomenology, mainly because of its status as both personal and intersubjective..."

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tran·scen·dent [tran séndənt]

adjective

1.  better: superior in quality or achievement

2.  philosophy beyond limits of experience: in Kant's philosophical system, exceeding the limits of experience and therefore unknowable except hypothetically

3.  philosophy beyond categories: above or outside all known categories

4.  religion independent of world: existing outside the material universe and so not limited by it

sol·ip·sism [sólləp sìzzəm, sṓləp sìzzəm]

noun

belief in self as only reality: the belief that the only thing somebody can be sure of is that he or she exists, and that true knowledge of anything else is impossible

from: Intentionality.pdf

Franz Brantano

[[[ 2021.04.08r Hegel used the German word Geistes in his title to show the etymology of the word in relation to the English language word Ghost vvv ]]]

"...Gm "Geist" = spirit (Encarta Dict Translator); "Geisteswissenschaft" = science of the mind (Edmund_Husserl.pdf); "Geisteswissenschaften" = the arts, the humanities (Encarta Dict Translator); "wissen" = know (Encarta...); "Wissenschaft" = science; ..."

... "...In 1807, G. W. F. Hegel wrote a book titled Phanomenologie des Geistes (usually translated as Phenomenology of Spirit)." from "Phenomenology" SEP S3. From Phenomena to Phenomenology.

You have a really real image in your mind have you? Or, is it truer to the case that you have an imagination of a really real image based on an impression you have in your mind? and projected onto by the visual stimuli one is constantly impacted by in daily life; is it also a lifestage question ... what do you see in your mind Really, AT WHAT AGE?

"At this time Hegel published his first great work, the Phänomenologie des Geistes (1807; The Phenomenology of Mind). This, perhaps the most brilliant and difficult of Hegel's books, describes how the human mind has risen from

encarta phenomenon

[Late 16th century. Via late Latin < Greek phainomenon "that which appears" < phainein "to show"]

encarta phantasm

[13th century. Via French fantasme < Greek phantasma < phantazesthai "appear" < phainein "bring to light"]

poltergeist = noisy ghost

begin at: fantasy from fancy

phan·tasm also fan·tasm \'fan-"ta-zəm\  n [ME fantasme, fr. AF fantosme, fantasme, fr. L phantasma, fr. Gk, fr. phantazein to present to the mind — more at fancy] (13c)

1  : a product of fantasy: as a : delusive appearance : illusion b : ghost specter c : a figment of the imagination

2 : a mental representation of a real object

— phan·tas·mal \fan-'taz-məl\ adj

— phan·tas·mic \-mik\ adj

Merriam-Webster, Britannica bundled

[[[ fantasy (encarta) ... [14th century. Via Old French < Greek phantasia "appearance, imagination" < phantazein "make visible" < phainein "to show"]

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[2021.03.25r  Stoic: ancient Greek school, founded by Zeno aournd 308 BC]

[2021.03.25r Skeptic: ancient Greek school, denies real knowledge is possible]

[2021.03.25r Stoic from Britannica, "...Reason alone could reveal the constancy of cosmic order and the originative sourc eo funyielding value; thus, reason became the true model for human existence..."]

[2021.03.25r from Britannica, skepticism]

in Western philosophy, the attitude of doubting knowledge claims set forth in various areas. Skeptics have challenged the adequacy or reliability of these claims by asking what principles they are based upon or what they actually establish. They have questioned whether some such claims really are, as alleged, indubitable or necessarily true, and they have challenged the purported rational grounds of accepted assumptions. In everyday life, practically everyone is skeptical about some knowledge claims; but philosophical skeptics have doubted the possibility of any knowledge beyond that of the contents of directly felt experience. The original Greek meaning of skeptikos was “an inquirer,” someone who was unsatisfied and still looking for truth.

The 'brilliance' it brings one too, brilliant to me/myself being new to it ... the impression in the mind is like a ghost (geistes), where, the imagination lends one to suppose the ghost is solid; due to, the constant impact of, metaphysical assumptions aside, the solid external world ... as, the imagination fools the mind into supposing that the impression is somehow as solid as the external reality ... while, all the while, it is merely an impression ... the beauty of it though ... how that impression in some part of the mind is translated into what appears to be a solid image by the imagination, say, in some other part of the mind ... ? ... phenomenology ... investigation and descrptn of conscious expnc ... without reference to the question of whether what is expncd is objectvly real ... have I missed the point ... ? ... if I did miss the point doesn't it sound cool anyway?

[[[ 2021.04.19m phenomenon

4.  philosophy object of perception: something perceived or experienced, especially an object as it is apprehended by the human senses as opposed to an object as it intrinsically is in itself 

Microsoft® Encarta® 2008. © 1993-2007 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

"...object of perception..." "...especially an object as it is apprehended by the human senses as opposed to an object as it is intrinsically is in itself..." ... recalling Sokolowski talking a cube with sides and aspect, huge list of words in his stuff, though, Zahavi has a glossary with his book ... ]]]

The red hi-lite above is where I got to today before the question about phenomenon arises in mind, went to dictionary.

Then skipped ahead to (this all from wpd 04.09f:

22m - 2021.16st soko-ch1 what is intentionality

MR1 - small town 'friend'? Limited experience ... 'decent 'aware, freedem of movement, liberty to interact ...

(2021.01.18m) (20m) soko-ch2 profile as subjective experience of; aspect as say angle of side of cube; &, side itself

(2021.01.19st) (22m) soko-ch2/3 cont'd ... manifold? becomes a question ... touches Aristotle's intended meaning of a statement ... many ways to say, to articulate aspect of a side; while all could describe same reality

(2021.01.20w) (20m) soko-ch2/3 cont'd ... intuition as object(?) itself, that them other things whatever they called was pointing to (manifold?)

BREAK IN PHONE NOTES: lots of words/terms for building a vocabulary for placing experience of ... ... if the vocabulary could be worked out with good solid examples describing each in ostensive terms ... how it strikes one as not so complicated a topic as the vocabulary for the ... does 'conceptual articulation' of the experience say it? ... the specialized vocabulary ...

[[[ 2021.04.05m ... what it arrived at, as this process of peripherally wondering about the terms while tryin' to jam on with the read times ... ... the wonder about how the books seem to keep talking about how it's done and not so much demonstrating, to my uninitiated mind at least ... not demonstrating it being done, telling how versus showing it done in motion ... ... where that line wound up was about like 'formulating a plan' and how one, say, for a 'business plan' would want to look at all these sides as a feasibility study say ... argumentation and debate and anticipating counter arguments before hand ... ... these are the ideas that happen later on regarding Sokolowski's work at explaining Phenomenology ]]]

(2021.01.21r) (23m) soko-ch4 natural vs phenomenological attitudes .. couple sections or three, last of phenomenological attitude section has terms phenomenological reduction, epoche, & bracketing

Absence & Presence

(2021.01.22f) (22m) soko-ch4 Ontological vs Cartesian ways to reduction ... apodictic ... noema (as thing itself)

(2021.01.25m) (22m) soko-ch5 Perception, Memory and Imagination Does draw distinctuion in picture and memory but goes on to sell memory as being then and there kinda hard, I thought .. as ch5 begins

(2021.01.26t) (20m) soko-ch5/6 signifyin'

Selected Bibliography

Books

Hegel, G.W.F., Phänomenologie des Geistes (orig 1807; trans 1910 J.B. Baillie). Harper & Row. 1967. marxists.org

Pivčević, Edo, edit., Phenomenology and Philosophical Understanding. Cambridge University Press; New York. 1975.

Sokolowski, Robert. Introduction to Phenomenology. Cambridge University Press; New York. 2000.

Zahavi, D., Phenomenology: The Basics. Routledge; New York. 2019.

Encyclopedia Articles

Dreyfus, Hubert L. "Phenomenology." Microsoft(R) Student 2008 [DVD]. Redmond, WA: Microsoft Corporation, 2007.

Ihde, Don. "Phenomenology." 2014 World Book Multimedia Encyclopedia [DVD]. World Book, Chicago, 2014.

"phenomenology." Encyclopædia Britannica Ultimate Reference Suite [DVD]. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica, 2013.

"Phenomenology (philosophy)." Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenomenology_(philosophy) 11 Novmber 2020.

Schmitt, Richard. "Phenomenology." The Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Macmillan, New York, 1967 rprnt edtn 1972, vol. 6, 135-151.

Smith, Joel. "Phenomenology." Retrieved from https://www.iep.utm.edu/phenom 16 November 2020.

Smith, David Woodruff. "Phenomenology." (Summer 2018). Retrieved from http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/phenomenology/ 18 November 2020.

Wren, Thomas E. "phenomenology." The 1999 Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia [CD]. Grolier Interactive Inc., U.S.A.,1998.

(other articles referenced in text, for later/final inclusion here as well)

George R. Breeden, 2021.04.26m_1312p

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