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<p>In recent years, the term experimental phenomenology has come to refer to the work of various researchers, mainly Italian, of whom Gaetano Kanizsa and Paolo Bozzi are the most representative. Their work is well presented in this article by Bianchi and Burro (2022). My objection is to what I consider to be the misnomer and misleading name “experimental phenomenology,” which gives the impression that we are dealing with a homogeneous group following a unified approach. However, this is not the case. The phenomenological view is not the same for everyone, ranging from borrowings from Gestalt theory, as in Kanizsa, to Gibsonian ecologism, as in Bozzi. And, most importantly, the research designs of these researchers are only sometimes experimental, sometimes quasi-experimental, but more often non-experimental.</p>
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In recent years, the term experimental phenomenology has come to refer to the work of various researchers, mainly Italian, of whom Gaetano Kanizsa and Paolo Bozzi are the most representative. Their work is well presented in this article by Bianchi and Burro (2022). My objection is to what I consider to be the misnomer and misleading name “experimental phenomenology,” which gives the impression that we are dealing with a homogeneous group following a unified approach. However, this is not the case. The phenomenological view is not the same for everyone, ranging from borrowings from Gestalt theory, as in Kanizsa, to Gibsonian ecologism, as in Bozzi. And, most importantly, the research designs of these researchers are only sometimes experimental, sometimes quasi-experimental, but more often non-experimental.

Experimental phenomenology (?) – A rejoinder to Bianchi &amp; Burro (2022)

Psychological Section “G. Kanizsa’, University of Trieste

Gestalt Theory

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Experimental phenomenology (?) – A rejoinder to Bianchi & Burro (2022)

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In recent years, the term experimental phenomenology has come to refer to the work of various researchers, mainly Italian, of whom Gaetano Kanizsa and Paolo...

Experimental phenomenology (?) – A rejoinder to Bianchi & Burro (2022)

Published Online: Aug 30, 2023

Page range: 17 - 19

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/gth-2023-0003

Keywords
Phenomenology, research design, perception

© 2023 Riccardo Luccio, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Experimental phenomenology (?) – A rejoinder to Bianchi & Burro (2022)

Published Online: Aug 30, 2023

Page range: 17 - 19

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/gth-2023-0003

KeywordsPhenomenology, research design, perception

© 2023 Riccardo Luccio, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Phenomenology, research design, perception