phenomenological

Adjective

phenomenological (comparative more phenomenological, superlative most phenomenological)

1. Of or relating to phenomenology, or consistent with the principles of phenomenology.
   • Phenomenological "things" are not commonsense objects or sense data but the phenomena in their presentation, grasped as intentional objects.1956 Dec, Maurice Natanson, “The Schism between Theory and Ardent Empiricism”, in Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, volume 17, number 2, page 244
   • I call my models "mechanistic" to distinguish them from classical models that are more phenomenological.1991 Nov, David Tilman, “Phenomenology From the Natural Standpoint: A Reply to Van Meter Ames”, in The American Naturalist, volume 138, number 5, page 1284
2. Using the method of phenomenology, by which the observer examines data and other subjective effects without trying to provide a pathophysiological explanation of them, especially in diagnosing disease states and in nosology and other forms of taxonomy.
   • Ross and his colleagues [...] drew on prior research...to suggest that addictive gambling resembles dependence on stimulants (like cocaine) more than it does alcoholism, and hence enlarges our understanding of addiction more fully than purely behavioural criteria would do. The worry is that a...July 28, 2010, The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy,, The Philosophy of Psychiatry