"''Nachgewahren''" ("postdiscovering") is a
Husserlian
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term referring to the way a lived experience is grasped and retained immediately after it occurs. It is a key component of
phenomenological description Phenomenological description is a method of phenomenology that attempts to depict the structure of first person lived experience, rather than theoretically explain it. This method was first conceived of by Edmund Husserl. It was developed through th ...
and analysis since it involves
memory
Memory is the faculty of the mind by which data or information is encoded, stored, and retrieved when needed. It is the retention of information over time for the purpose of influencing future action. If past events could not be remembered, ...
and
intentionality
''Intentionality'' is the power of minds to be about something: to represent or to stand for things, properties and states of affairs. Intentionality is primarily ascribed to mental states, like perceptions, beliefs or desires, which is why it ha ...
.
[Husserl, Edmund. ''First Philosophy II (1923-4): Husserliana VIII. Phenomenological Reductions.'' Den Haag: Martinus Nijhoff, 1959, pg. 59.]
See also
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Retention and protention Retention and protention (german: Retention und Protention) are key aspects of Edmund Husserl's phenomenology of temporality.
Overview
Our experience of the world is not of a series of unconnected moments. Indeed, it would be impossible to have a ...
References
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