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Phenomenology vs Humanism - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between phenomenology and humanism

is that phenomenology is (philosophy) a philosophy based on the intuitive experience of phenomena, and on the premise that reality consists of objects and events as consciously perceived by conscious beings while humanism is the study of the humanities or the liberal arts; literary (especially classical) scholarship.

phenomenology

Alternative forms

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Noun

  • (philosophy) A philosophy based on the intuitive experience of phenomena, and on the premise that reality consists of objects and events as consciously perceived by conscious beings.
  • (philosophy) A movement based on this, originated about 1905 by .
  • Derived terms

    * heterophenomenology * phenomenological * phenomenologically * phenomenological reduction * phenomenologist * postphenomenology * postphenomenological English words suffixed with -ology

    humanism

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The study of the humanities or the liberal arts; literary (especially classical) scholarship.
  • (historical, often capitalized) Specifically, a cultural and intellectual movement in 14th-16th century Europe characterised by attention to Classical culture and a promotion of vernacular texts, notably during the Renaissance.
  • * 2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 575:
  • There were good reasons for humanism and the Renaissance to take their origins from fourteenth-century Italy.
  • An ethical system that centers on humans and their values, needs, interests, abilities, dignity and freedom; especially used for a secular one which rejects theistic religion and superstition.
  • Humanitarianism, philanthropy.
  • Derived terms

    * humanist * humanistic