Philosophy of consciousness: Alfred Schütz's philosophy of consciousness is grounded in the phenomenological tradition, which emphasizes the importance of subjective experience in understanding the world. Schütz argued that consciousness is not a private or isolated affair, but rather is always embedded in our social and cultural context. See also Consciousness, Context, Experience, World/Thinking, Phenomenology._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. |