Phenomenology, 20th-century philosophical movement dedicated to describing
the structures of experience as they present themselves to consciousness,
without recourse to theory, deduction, or assumptions from other
disciplines such as the natural sciences.
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Phenomenology has had a pervasive influence on 20th-century thought.
Phenomenological versions of theology, sociology, psychology, psychiatry,
and literary criticism have been developed, and phenomenology remains one
of the most important schools of contemporary philosophy.
