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There are two general approaches or orientations to research in existential-phenomenological psychology: empirical and hermeneutical-phenomenological. This chapter will examine each of these in turn.
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von Eckartsberg, R. (1998). Existential-Phenomenological Research. In: Valle, R. (eds) Phenomenological Inquiry in Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0125-5_2
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