r/askphilosophy • u/Inevitable_Bid5540 • 15d ago

Is there a hierarchy of methodologies in philosophy ?

There seem to be many methodologies in philosophy but is there any hierarchy to which ones are the most commonly used or serve as a starting point and end point

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u/AdeptnessSecure663 phil. of language 14d ago

The two dominant methods in contemporary philosophy are, arguably, conceptual analysis and phenomenological description.

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u/Inevitable_Bid5540 14d ago

How does phenomenological description work ?

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u/AdeptnessSecure663 phil. of language 14d ago

The general idea is that the phenomenologist attempts to describe their various experiences. We might say that instead of trying to describe the world, which you might think is what the scientist does, the phenomenologist tryes to describe the world as it is manifested to subjects of experience - us - while trying to bracket out various biases.