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  • Phenomenology
  • Philosophy of Medicine
  • Embodiment Studies

Background:

  • Phenomenological methods are increasingly used to explore illness experiences.
  • Traditionally, illness is viewed as a passive subject of study.
  • The potential of illness itself as an active methodological tool remains underexplored.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose illness and pathology as a phenomenological method.
  • To demonstrate how studying illness illuminates normal function and tacit background.
  • To enhance the study of embodiment through analysis of bodily breakdown and doubt.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual analysis of phenomenological methods.
  • Exploration of illness and pathology as active methodological tools.
  • Analogy drawn between illness and Husserl's epoché.

Main Results:

  • Illness and pathology can function as a phenomenological method.
  • Studying illness provides insights into normal functioning and underlying tacit assumptions.
  • Analysis of bodily breakdown and doubt significantly enhances the study of embodiment.

Conclusions:

  • Illness offers a unique lens for phenomenological inquiry.
  • Pathology provides valuable data for understanding embodied experience and background assumptions.
  • The proposed method deepens our comprehension of both disrupted and normal embodied states.