TY - JOUR
T1 - Studying the Intentionality of Human Being
T2 - Through the Elementary Meaning of Lived Experience
AU - Feilberg, Casper
AU - Norlyk, Annelise
AU - Keller, Kurt Dauer
PY - 2018/10/16
Y1 - 2018/10/16
N2 - Based upon a brief outline of existential-phenomenological ontology we present a theoretical and practical understanding of human being, which is suited for a methodologically reflected approach to qualitative research. We present the phenomenological distinction between three dimensions of corporeal intentionality (structural, generative and dialectic intentionality) that form elementary events and structures of meaning. Various aspects of human being are better scrutinized with these concepts of intentionality, such as the association of individual being or collective being (e.g. groups) with the less differentiated anonymity of human being. The aim of our framework is to support the qualitative researcher in grasping the experience of the human life in closer accord with how this being actually unfolds and is lived. Application of the presented framework is illuminated with empirical examples from educational, health and psychological contexts. Finally, we discuss the methodological implications that our approach has for qualitative investigations of human being.
AB - Based upon a brief outline of existential-phenomenological ontology we present a theoretical and practical understanding of human being, which is suited for a methodologically reflected approach to qualitative research. We present the phenomenological distinction between three dimensions of corporeal intentionality (structural, generative and dialectic intentionality) that form elementary events and structures of meaning. Various aspects of human being are better scrutinized with these concepts of intentionality, such as the association of individual being or collective being (e.g. groups) with the less differentiated anonymity of human being. The aim of our framework is to support the qualitative researcher in grasping the experience of the human life in closer accord with how this being actually unfolds and is lived. Application of the presented framework is illuminated with empirical examples from educational, health and psychological contexts. Finally, we discuss the methodological implications that our approach has for qualitative investigations of human being.
KW - qualitative methodology
KW - existential phenomenology
KW - ontology of human being
KW - corporeal intentionality
KW - elementary meaning
KW - lived experience
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85056115606&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1163/15691624-12341347
DO - 10.1163/15691624-12341347
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0047-2662
VL - 49
SP - 214
EP - 246
JO - Journal of Phenomenological Psychology
JF - Journal of Phenomenological Psychology
IS - 2
ER -