I do not know the Lord, nor will I let Israel go (Ex 5:2). This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. Regent's Campus was ranked among the "Top 20 Best College Campuses in America: 2019-22". The key epistemological assumption, derived from Husserls concept of intentionality, is that the phenomenon is not present to itself; it is present to a conscious subject (Barnacle, 2001). These three aspects of the investigation shall be approached while keeping in mind the two following rationals: (1) looking for essence and (2) flexible methods and activities. This paper provides a conceptual framework for deeper understanding and, therefore, more meaningful practice using parallels that emerge from the lived experiences of two biblical leaders, Pharaoh (of the Exodus) and Saul/Paul. It is probably because I have not been in such position [mixing with males]. 17, 13721380. doi: 10.1163/156916297X00103, Giorgi, A. Difficulties encountered in the application of the phenomenological method in the social sciences. to key how associated phenomenological approach. Figure 1. The noetic is derived from noesis and the noematic from the noema (Moustakas, 1994). Can we trust the phenomenological interview? Identity construction in sociohistorical context, in Handbook of Identity Theory and Research (New York, NY: Springer), 267283. Subjectivity and intersubjectivity, subject and person. Change location, July 1994 | 208 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc. Blurring boundaries in qualitative health research on sensitive topics. Spinelli, E. (2005). In contrast, an interpretive phenomenological methodology was derived from the works of scholars like Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty (1962), Gadamer (2000), and Gadamer and Linge (2008). Wiersbe, W. W. (1989). It is essential to keep this aim (i.e., identifying the essence of lived experience) in mind when conducting a phenomenological qualitative investigation as this is the core aim of phenomenology. Philosophical Hermeneutics. Share