Lived Experience, Epoché, and Phenomenological Reduction

This short presentation is to help the novice and advanced researchers gain a better understanding of some central concepts and themes in phenomenology and IPA

[@SK-le1gm]

Epoché is the tool with which you carve a *kairos* out from the wash of *chronos* - figured that out tonight - you can’t think unless you first “have an occasion” to think. Great video, best one on this topic I’ve found yet.

[@AnilBehal]

I am glad you found my presentation to be helpful! Are you a doctoral student?

[@SK-le1gm]

@@AnilBehal ha I wish 🤣 I am an app developer... The idea I am gestating is an *app* called *kairos* which “does” the epoché _for_ you, then guides you through a process of eidetic reduction based on what I refer to as “greek chakras”. The Eidos of a phenomenon, which may only last during the suspension of a Kairos, can be broken down by ethos, pathos, logos etc. I am considering *Topos* as the “past” (what topics are relevant to you, are from the past); you then trigger a *Kairos* (present), by opening the app and typing up the Eidos of the situation you’re in or the object you’re focusing on. And you’ll specify the *Telos* (future) that you expect to achieve through this (or the next) kairos you initiate. It’s a productivity app. I am in a kairos right now, writing to you; I am developing the mental model for the app as I type this. That sense of *flow* is what I aim to deliver to users. During this kairos, I should get myself excited enough, to motivate myself during “some future kairos”, to actually draw out the prototype of the app. I can imagine the app being delivered in a series of, say, twelve future sessions of thinking-about-it. This kind of planning can be conceived as a *chain of future kairoi* that will guide me to a good and useful *telos* of delivering a interesting productivity tool to lots of good people. If you think about it, every single bit of content on the internet is the output of a *kairos* - and yet, the time that putting those bits of content up to the internet, is but a tiny fraction of the lives (and ideas) of these amazing creators. Not everything needs to be “published”, but articulation is fundamental to consciousness. There is something fundamentally immanent to the tactic of epoché. So this app will be mostly-private, in order to address the untapped potential of our Chronos lives, to trigger Kairos often and get more done in life. the idea being, most of life, is not within Kairos (actual); it’s within Chronos (potential). A Kairos-situation being a type of Object, which can be addressed by one’s consciousness, “carved out” from the wash of Chronos. A _window of opportunity_ in which “something” _(logos)_ is possible. (Aristotle says “politics is the art of the possible”, an interesting observation 🤔) Anyway, open the app, and you’re now in a *kairos!* On a temporary basis, of course. What is the meaning of this moment? Write it down! This lets you look at life serially, like all consciousness; you can only write one thing at a time. A philosopher, conversant with epoché, can Suspend everything except the Object at hand, and then figure out what it Means. You do this by asking, ok, what SHOULD I do (ethos), how does this situation make me FEEL (pathos), what is the next step (logos), etc. Once the situation has been reduced to its Meaning, then you get to do meaningful stuff before the Kairos clock runs out. The idea of helping millions of users, turn their unfocused wash of time, into specific custom Kairos events, during which they can really think about accomplishing something important to them, tuning out everything else, and then being able to look back on the various Kairoi they’ve captured in the past, and reminisce, like we used to with the physical photo albums every family used to carefully curate before the age of the smartphone... that’s the pathos for me right now... feels good 🤣 What I need to consider is that this concept of epoché is brand new to me and your video has several specific types of epoché for me to think about !!! Thank you !!!

[@ferdinandude2008]

I agree!

[@noahmizrahi9934]

Very helpful thank you

[@Live_life_with_no_regrets]

Very good illustration. Clear demo and language. Thx prof

[@user-rm9oi2jd8r]

Thanks Dr Behal. I appreciate your ability to communicate a difficult topic of phenomenology in a manner that makes sense to a layman.

[@AnilBehal]

You are very welcome!

[@ferdinandude2008]

You explained it so clearly and straightforward! I am now in the process of interpreting the data on my pheno study!

[@moisesgonzalez5059]

Hi Fernando. What is your research about? I am also conducting my Phd research. I'd like to know what the phenomenon your on is.

[@AnilBehal]

Fernando, I have already responded to your email message and am waiting for us to get started on your interesting research study!

[@moisesgonzalez5059]

Thanks Dr. Behal. Your explanation was very helpful.

[@AnilBehal]

You are very welcome Moises! I'd be very happy to discuss your research study. Why don't you email me at [e-mail]

[@moisesgonzalez5059]

@@AnilBehal I sure will Dr. Behal. I am about to finish my research protocol and I'd be delighted if you review it and get your insights upon it.

[@AnilBehal]

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[@kimhmar]

One of the clear, confident and coherent talks on a topic. Refreshing 👍👍

[@AnilBehal]

I am available to work with you all individually, should you need my academic coaching. Please email me at [e-mail] Regards, Dr. Anil Behal