...a phenomenological approach to the definition of 'reality'.
phenomenology in British English
(fɪˌnɒmɪˈnɒlədʒɪ)
noun philosophy
1.
the movement founded by Husserl that concentrates on the detailed description of conscious experience, without recourse to explanation, metaphysical assumptions, and traditional philosophical questions
2.
the science of phenomena as opposed to the science of being
Derived forms
phenomenological (fɪˌnɒmɪnəˈlɒdʒɪkəl)
adjective
phenomenologically (pheˌnomenoˈlogically)
adverb
phenomenologist (pheˌnomeˈnologist)
noun
phenomenology in American English
(fəˌnɑməˈnɑlədʒi)
noun
1.
the philosophical study of phenomena, as distinguished from ontology, the study of being; specif., such a study of perceptual experience in its purely subjective aspect
2.
a descriptive or classificatory account of the phenomena of a given body of knowledge, without any further attempt at explanation