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Phenomenology vs Psychology - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between phenomenology and psychology

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 psychology is (uncountable) the study of the human mind.

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

    psychology

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The study of the human mind.
  • (uncountable) The study of human behavior.
  • (uncountable) The study of animal behavior.
  • (countable) The mental, emotional, and behavioral characteristics pertaining to a specified person, group, or activity.
  • * 1970 , Mary M. Luke, A Crown for Elizabeth , page 8:
  • For generations, historians have conjectured everything from a warped psychology to a deformed body as accounting for Elizabeth's preferred spinsterhood...
  • * 1969 , Victor Alba, The Latin Americans , page 42:
  • In the United States, the psychology of a laborer, a farmer, a businessman does not differ in any important respect.

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