Word of the Day, vol 2

Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Two well educated people (myself and my current crush) did not reconize this word. So, I thought it worthy to showcase it in "Word of the Day":

phenomenology
noun
1. the study of phenomena.
2. the system of Husserl and his followers stressing the description of phenomena.
or
noun
1. A philosophy or method of inquiry based on the premise that reality consists of objects and events as they are perceived or understood in human consciousness and not of anything independent of human consciousness.
2. A movement based on this, originated about 1905 by Edmund Husserl.

I will admit the idea that the only consciousness we percieve is the one we create as humans, is a litte deep for 9:00am, but it's fun to say fi-nom-uh-nol-uh-jee.