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What we think becoming, others call unseemly

by Monica Carroll on 27/05/201924/05/2019

Is a change in perception about our writing possible? What can we learn from the neck of a dove?

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Capacity, Husserl, Perception, Phenomenology, Plato, Seeing, Writer's block, Writing

Is the writing the philosophy, or the object of a philosophical process?

by Monica Carroll on 18/12/201812/12/2018

Writing in phenomenology is Ausdruck, not a result.

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Description, Husserl, Phenomenology, Writing

Is pain a pleasure through ‘some strange alchemy’?

by Monica Carroll on 26/11/201824/11/2018

To write a defence of masochism is a brave and difficult task. Weak claims about pain and pleasure undermine the effort.

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Description, Husserl, Pain, Phenomenology, Writing

Opening into the dog; how phenomenology gives us fresh eyes

by Monica Carroll on 19/11/201815/11/2018

Phenomenology can seem like a lot of long words and concepts but it’s really a process for seeing the world as it is.

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Husserl, Intentionality, Perception, Phenomenology, Philosophy of mind, Seeing, Trust

How does phenomenology generate knowledge?

by Monica Carroll on 12/11/201805/11/2018

Too often, phenomenology is made into a step-by-step process that claims a knowledge outcome. Knowledge, however, in a phenomenological study, is an altogether different beast.

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Description, Husserl, Phenomenology, Writing

What can you do with a Stupid Detector?

by Monica Carroll on 05/11/201805/11/2018

A lot of what is ‘peer-reviewed’ and published as phenomenology is, my stupid detector reports, stupid. But why?

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Description, Husserl, Phenomenology, Philosophy of mind, Trust, Writing

Touched and touching: beyond neural evidence models

by Monica Carroll on 14/10/201815/10/2018

Some things do not ask to be explained, but understood. Cognitive models of touch, philosophy of mind and consciousness studies fail us.

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Description, Husserl, Phenomenology, Philosophy of mind, Touch, Writing

Phenomenology & Description I

by Monica Carroll on 29/09/201815/10/2018

Despite phenomenology being a practice of written description, few textbooks and critical works discuss how to write a phenomenological description.

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Description, Husserl, Phenomenology, Writing

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