What is phenomenology ?
Correct answer: A. The examination of structures informing our conscious experience
- A. The examination of structures informing our conscious experience
- B. The examination of desires informing our consciousness
- C. The examination of our unconscious experience
- D. The examination of intricate structures within our unconscious
Explanation
Phenomenology studies conscious experience as it is lived and examines the structures through which that experience is formed. It is not primarily the study of the unconscious, which belongs more directly to psychoanalysis.
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