What's the difference between phenomenology and reality?

Phenomenology


Definition:

  • (n.) A description, history, or explanation of phenomena.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Lazarus' phenomenological theory of stress and coping provided the basis for this descriptive study of perceived threats after myocardial infarction (MI).
  • (2) The phenomenology of various protrusions, including fimbria, is described, and the effect of cultivation conditions (continuous culture, periodic culture) and growth phases on their emergence was elucidated.
  • (3) According to this explanation, aspects of the situation are phenomenologically more salient for actors, whereas characteristics of the actor and his behavior are more salient for observers.
  • (4) The main phenomenological differences between hypochondriasis and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder have been interpreted as expressive of the lower and higher levels of intrapsychic integration respectively.
  • (5) The nosological and conceptual controversies differentiating bilateral ballismus as a phenomenological entity are reviewed.
  • (6) In this review, the basic phenomenology of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis is summarized and some speculations are advanced about possible molecular mechanisms.
  • (7) The picture presented by this sample of outpatient alcoholics appears to qualify some currently held assumptions of the influence of family history on the phenomenology of alcoholism.
  • (8) It is suggested that a theory similar to the phenomenological theory which accounts for the fly's gaze may account for the human eye's movement during an observation of Müller-Lyer figures.
  • (9) In phenomenological terms, the luminal Ba++-dependent blockade of the transcellular conductance exhibited negative cooperativity.
  • (10) Phenomenological equations are represented in the form of an equivalent electrical circuit that can be used to deduce testable relations among measurable quantities.
  • (11) An attempt was made to construct and validate a questionnaire measure of hypnotic-like experiences based on Shor's (1979) 8-dimension phenomenological analysis of hypnosis.
  • (12) Cerebrospinal fluid from 31 normals and two groups of phenomenologically similar schizophrenics (n = 72) were collected by identical methods.
  • (13) It is argued that approaches to phenomenology and psychopathology cannot be immune from any conceptual reconfiguration of normal mental life which might occur.
  • (14) Phenomenology, incidence, etiology, differential diagnosis and therapy are exhibited.
  • (15) The interviews were analyzed and synthesized to (1) derive the structure of the experience through phenomenological analysis and (2) identify stress and coping themes through content analysis.
  • (16) Thoughts on the development of anorexia nervosa relevant to the family situation described in our example follow the phenomenological presentation.
  • (17) These data are in good agreement with laboratory results, as are derived data on phenomenological coefficients and thermodynamic coupling coefficients (LNa = 80, 128; LNa,r = 4.4; Lr = 0.27, 0.58; q = 0.50, 0.90, depending on the chosen model parameters).
  • (18) The paper proposes that in post-behaviouristic and post-phenomenological times an integration of frames of reference, designs and methodologies ought to be attempted, notwithstanding serious dissonances, disagreements, and professions-bound interests.
  • (19) Emphasis is given to indicating how order is accomplished through linking disease with phenomenological domains that are remote from the biophysical locus of sickness.
  • (20) Psychopathologic, psychoanalytic, and phenomenological currents have inserted it into a three dimensional space by clarifying its psychopathogenic progress connected with the environment.

Reality


Definition:

  • (n.) The state or quality of being real; actual being or existence of anything, in distinction from mere appearance; fact.
  • (n.) That which is real; an actual existence; that which is not imagination, fiction, or pretense; that which has objective existence, and is not merely an idea.
  • (n.) Loyalty; devotion.
  • (n.) See 2d Realty, 2.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The stages of mourning involve cognitive learning of the reality of the loss; behaviours associated with mourning, such as searching, embody unlearning by extinction; finally, physiological concomitants of grief may influence unlearning by direct effects on neurotransmitters or neurohormones, such as cortisol, ACTH, or norepinephrine.
  • (2) It helped pay the bills and caused me to ponder on the disconnection between theory and reality.
  • (3) But Howard added that it may take a while and he is not confident the political reality will change.
  • (4) Such a science puts men in a couple of scientific laws and suppresses the moment of active doing (accepting or refusing) as a sufficient preassumption of reality.
  • (5) Here is the reality of social mobility in modern Britain.
  • (6) Ukip and the Greens are beneficiaries of this new political reality – as, arguably, is the SNP as it prepares to invade Labour’s heartland in Scotland next May.
  • (7) The headteacher of the school featured in the reality television series Educating Essex has described using his own money to buy a winter coat for a boy whose parents could not afford one, in a symptom of an escalating economic crisis that has seen the number of pupils in the area taking home food parcels triple in a year.
  • (8) Reality set in once you got home to your parents and the regular neighborhood kids, and your thoughts turned to new notebooks for the school year and whether you got prettier while you were away and whether your crushes were going to notice.
  • (9) Historical reality suggests the concept of socially necessary risk determined through the dialectic process in democracy.
  • (10) By sharing insights and best practice expertise through [the Electrical and Electronic Equipment Sustainability Action Plan] esap and other platforms, Wrap believes business models such as trade-in services will be a reality in the next three to five years.” The actions of the 51 signatories to esap include: implementing new business models such as take-back and resale; extending product durability; and gaining greater value from reuse and recycling.
  • (11) In reality, one of those things – Mr Renzi’s fall – has come to pass; but the other – a Hofer win in Austria – has not.
  • (12) Dawson argued that the health profession has a history of thinking that social care can be "subsumed by medical decisions" when in reality they are two different cultures.
  • (13) The first problem facing Calderdale is sheep-rustling Happy Valley – filmed around Hebden Bridge, with its beautiful stone houses straight off the pages of the Guardian’s Lets Move To – may be filled with rolling hills and verdant pastures, but the reality of rural issues are harsh.
  • (14) The combination of cost control with universal, comprehensive coverage has surprised some American observers, who have questioned its reality, its sustainability, or both.
  • (15) The reality is I like football so much, I miss football, and when I have the chance to be back I will come back.” Mourinho, who was joined by his agent Jorge Mendes to speak to children at the NorthLight school as part of the Valencia chairman Peter Lim’s Olympic scholarship, added: “It’s quite a funny career.
  • (16) "The rise in those who are self-employed is good news, but the reality is that those who have turned to freelance work in order to pull themselves out of unemployment and those who have decided to work for themselves face a challenging tax maze that could land them in hot water should they get it wrong," says Chas Roy-Chowdhury, head of taxation at the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants.
  • (17) "It would be ridiculous to encourage shale gas when in reality its greenhouse gas footprint could be as bad as or worse than coal.
  • (18) Much criticism, though, is based on genuine misunderstanding or a wild misrepresentation of reality – even in the pages of prestigious newspapers.
  • (19) Saudi Arabia As one might imagine, Saudi television rather wants for the bounty we enjoy here - reality shows in which footballers' mistresses administer handjobs to barnyard animals, and all those other things which make living in the godless west such a pleasure.
  • (20) "I am the first to admit the difficult reality that many families face," he told supporters in a campaign speech last weekend.