Since the seventies, it has been customary to assume that intentionality is independent of consciousness. Recently, a number of philosophers have rejected this assumption, claiming that intentionality is closely tied to consciousness, inasmuch as non-conscious intentionality in some sense depends upon conscious intentionality. Within this alternative framework, the question arises of how to acc...

Paving the way for a new reading of a substantial philosopher is a difficult task to accomplish, and this difficulty is compounded the more complicated the philosopher, and the more famous the text. Given that Katrin Pahl attempts such a feat with a philosopher as difficult as Hegel on a text as influential and revered as the Phenomenology, makes her interpretive endeavors in Tropes of Transpor...

Background: Ageing is a complex phenomenon, which can vastly influence different dimensions of life. One the main concerns in gerontology to understand how older adults experience ageing and its associated conditions. The aim this study was determine role phenomenology as qualitative method research. Methods: In review study, we summarized key concepts gerontology, reviewed philosophy methodolo...

An ongoing process in qualitative research aims at contributing to a deeper understanding of human experiences and behaviour, and the behavioural world of applied practice. This process also aims to improve the usefulness of the findings by giving evidence for practical action. Interpretive description , an alternative to the conventional qualitative approaches, can help in this regard by provi...

The objectives of this research project were to observe and to interpret the shared experiences and common practices of the people who were practicing Tibetan Buddhism in Germany and how these experiences and practices changed their view of reality and the way they interpret the world. The methodology that I used was based on the methods developed by Nancy Diekelmann, with reference to interpre...

Qualitative research has become more accepted as a legitimate mode of inquiry in the social and behavioral sciences for many years but not without controversy and confusion even now in the 21st century. The procedures for conducting a qualitative research study evolve from a philosophical, paradigmatic, and interpretive frameworks. These are the aspects of a naturalistic inquiry where inconsist...

Background This empirical piece of 2013 doctoral research, considers the role of podolinguistics and its relationship to masculinity and sport. Podolinguistics or podopsychosomatics a term originally introduced by Rossi [1] is said to be the language of feet and shoes. Taking this concept a step further, podolinguistics is reading the transmitted signifiers that are understood through wearing d...

concepts are considered as the tools of political analysis, and without recognition of the concepts, particularly the concept of state, there is no possibility for us to have knowledge of the world of politics. parallel to the external developments, concepts are also growing fatter and more dynamic in modern age. this development may be explained through two approaches: approach of interpretive...

Hispanic/Latinos (H/L) are being studied for healthcare disparities research utilizing community based participatory research (CBPR). CBPR’s active participation of community members and researchers suggests improvement in community health. Yet there are no known studies that inductively investigated the lived experience of H/L community leaders and members with CBPR using interpretive phenomen...