Phenomenology and Sociology of Knowledge

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Phenomenology can both be understood to be a discipline and a movement in the history of philosophy . As a discipline , Phenomology can be defined to be the study of structures of experience and consciousness Ontology , epistemology , logic and ethics are other disciplines which are related to Phenomology though they are distinct (Schulz , Wagner , 1997

In a different perspective , Phenomology can be defined as a historical movement which was launched

by great thinkers such as Edmund Husserl among others in the 20th century

Phenomenology and social science

Common theories present in social science are based in the real world This leads to my conviction that phenomenological research can be used in the future studies of some methods which are in use in social science . Phenomenology can further be used in social science to facilitate the understanding of some phenomenon 's which are often taken for granted . For instance , man is assumed to be social being and language and communication systems do exist . Methods in social science fail to address why there is mutual understanding and communication and why men are motivated by certain experiences . Moreover , the social science methods fail to describe the underlying assumption and their implications in the interpretation of social interrelationship (Collins 1998 . All these can only be addressed through philosophical analysis which Husserl referred to as phenomenological philosophy

Phenomenology can also be used to bring meaning and insights...