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Open research questions in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy

59 unresolved questions extracted from the limitations and future-work sections of 6,166 Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy papers in our library. Each links back to the study that raised it.

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  • The preceding reflections could be complemented with further research on the re- lationship between finitude and infinitude, which concerns not only the idea of the totality of experience, but the world as conceived in terms of its unicity and unity, its difference and multiplicity, its harmony and disharmony, that is, by considering the whole range of its possible modes of givenness.

    Aristotle and Husserl on the World as Cosmic Oikos · 2026 · DOI

  • The authors identified directions for further study of the problem of transformation and incorporation of concepts of the Other into modern social structures, which significantly modify the content and role of collective identity in the process of subjectivation of individuals, which becomes a promising topic for future research.

    The Social Subject in the Context of Modern Concepts of the Other · 2024 · DOI

  • Moreover, we try to show that Rorty’ proposal is limited to the pragmatic dimension, aimed at maintaining the status quo of American democracy, while Wojtyła’s thought (referring to transcendence) is aimed at shaping human beings who are perfecting themselves, heroic, and going beyond their internal and external limitations.

    Man’s Participation in the World: Wojtyła—Rorty · 2023 · DOI

  • We assert that the heterogeneity and universality of daily life can widen and extend its limits as long as we consider the necessary overcoming of limited knowledge to merely reproduction of “the same”, although there are repetitions that constitute the reproduction of existence and are therefore necessary.

    Primeiras aproximações ao ser do reflexo: a vida cotidiana como terreno fundante do processo de conhecimento · 2018 · DOI

  • While previous scholarship has elucidated the connections between the Old English poem and its probable sources what has not yet been fully explored is the way in which the poet’s interest in resurrection is tied to his representation of the phoenix as a work of art, in the vein of Germanic metalwork and insular manuscript decoration.

    The Aesthetics of Resurrection: Goldwork, The Soul, and The Deus Aurifex in The Phoenix · 2011 · DOI

  • It is still an open question whether ANT should be considered a theory or a method or whether ANT is better understood as entailing the dissolution of such modern ‘‘genres’’.

    On the Consequences of Post-ANT · 2009 · DOI

  • 7 In Hipparchia's Choice, Le Doeuff says that rejection of an unthought element in texts is a sign of philosophers' belief in self-founding and self-understanding: 'The absolute transparency to themselves of what they say guarantees the strict definition of the origins of their thought: the latter does not rest on or arise from an unthought (nonthought) which could be explored in order to elucidate what they have said.

    Michèle le Doeuff, Feminist Epistemology, and the Unthought · 2008

  • This essay is devoted entirely to the interpretation of Wisława Szymborska's little known poem, jabłonka [An Apple Tree] (1976) discussed in the context of the well-known Rozmowa z kamieniem [Conversation with a Stone] (1956).

    Piękna niepojęta (Epistemologia jabłonki) · 2007 · DOI

  • Further study of iioogenic neurosis by the Purpose i l l Life Test and other meth- ods is needed in order to answer a number of questions which present data treat only partially, to define the dynamic properties which would make possible diagnostic isolation of this syndrome, and to determine the variables which affect it.

    An experimental study in existentialism: The psychometric approach to Frankl's concept ofnoogenic neurosis · 1964 · DOI

  • Imagery seems to be a kind of gencral process cntcring into performance on spatial medium tests in varying dcgrees, but does not account for the spatial factors fully since Factor I cannot P. That is to say, it can- not be conclusively stated that M hat thc Factor I ~ C S ~ S have in corn- mon that is lacking in the Factor 111 tcsts is visual imagery.

    Imagery and thinking · 1953 · DOI

  • The paper closes by extending the structure to the question of detection: wherever direct facing, corpse-formation, and retreat are sustained, the Gazer remains as an open question, not as the property of any particular kind of being.

    Gazer: Recognition, Corpse-Form, and the Retreat of the Seeing Side · 2026 · DOI

  • Within this framework, the Self is not understood as a psychological construct or egoic identity, but as a unifying field of consciousness, an essential and participatory ground from which experience emerges.

    Biotransenergetics and Essential Transe. The Self, the Field, and Transe as Foundations of an Integral Transpersonal Psychotherapy · 2026 · DOI

  • 16 If that is right, then Nachträglichkeit is not limited to the impacts of exceptionally distressing events; it has much wider reach.

    From hauntology (back) to phenomenology · 2026 · DOI

  • In exceptional cases, ghosts or revenants may appear benevolent, though it remains uncertain whether such encounters are truly beneficial to the person involved.

    Kummitused eestivenelaste folklooritekstides: klassifikatsioon, Valgevene ja Eesti paralleelid · 2025 · DOI

  • it highlights a certain human confusion between their true intentions, the unplanned results that emerge later, and the intuition that transcends the problem of limited knowledge.

    Žmogus kaip Dievo aspektas: urbanistinė prieiga · 2025 · DOI

  • The authors prove the need for further research into multivariate concepts of the Other, which testify to a fairly complex process of subjectivation in the present, which takes place on an uncontrolled, unconscious level.

    The Social Subject in the Context of Modern Concepts of the Other · 2024 · DOI

  • Based on the detailed analysis, this thesis is going to provide readers with a relatively comprehensive understanding of The Picture of Dorian Gray, and hopefully it will be conductive to make a further study of Oscar Wilde's other works.

    An Interpretation of Freud's Pleasure Principle and Reality Principle in Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray · 2023 · DOI

  • Skovoroda opens before us a holistic vision and perception of everything that exists, which is lacking not only for modern people, but also for modern "professional philosophy".

    ORIGINALITY AND DISTINCTNESS OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF HRIHORIY SKOVORODA · 2022 · DOI

  • Within an elevated hegemonic order, intraperipheral ties are sparse, and a well-connected hegemon has been able to control flows of meanings and understandings.

    All Hegemons Are Not the Same: The Role(s) of Relational Structures and Modes of Control · 2019 · DOI

  • I argue that the critiques miss a crucial aspect of Lacan’s ontology: he does not question that there are objects located ‘out there’, but rather adds that psychoanalysis engages with another object whose location remains uncertain.

    Object-disoriented geographies: the Ghost Tower of Bangkok and the topology of anxiety · 2019 · DOI

  • Whilst I recognise that Bakhurst's encounter with Dreyfus demonstrates his achievements—over rationalism and over Dreyfus—I also suggest that it opens up certain questions that remain to be asked of his position on account of its conceptualism.

    ‘To Catch at and Let Go’: David Bakhurst, Phenomenology and Post-phenomenology · 2018 · DOI

  • I argue that the way Gladziejewski characterizes models is insufficient (as it is still too liberal) and that it is hard to differentiate between the notion of “consumer” and that of “interpreter”.

    Między receptorem a interpretatorem. Rola pojęcia „konsumenta” w teorii mechanizmów wyposażonych w konsumowany model · 2017

  • Most mainstream accounts of deixis in language simply overlook this point and emphasize the fact that although deixis is more attentional and intentional, it still remains elusive for any semantic and pragmatic framework.

    DEIXIS AND PERSONHOOD: A NEW PHILOSOPHICAL ACCOUNT · 2017 · DOI

  • This paper deals with the approach to self-consciousness and the unconscious found in the work of Moritz Geiger and the little known philosopher Vasily Sesemann.

    Phenomenological Approaches to Self-Consciousness and the Unconscious (Moritz Geiger and Vasily Sesemann) · 2015 · DOI

  • Abstract V ygotsky, at the end of his life, advanced a new representation of a psychological system that was ruled by a cognitive‐emotional unity, a theorization that remains inconclusive due to V ygotsky's early death.

    Human Motivation in Question: Discussing Emotions, Motives, and Subjectivity from a Cultural‐Historical Standpoint · 2014 · DOI

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