title: Karl Jaspers' phenomenology in the light of histological and X-ray metaphors.
abstract: The study considers the origins of Karl Jaspers' phenomenology. What did phenomenology mean to Jaspers and what was his personal perspective? What metaphors did he associate with it? This paper describes his phenomenological method by using the metaphors of histology and the X-ray. This perspective enables a better understanding, not only of the origins and essence of his phenomenology but also of its value for Jaspers himself. In Jaspers' daily life, he would have been familiar with microscopes and X-ray machines.
authors.affiliation: Kursk State University, Russia.
authors.forename: Olga Alexandrovna
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Vlasova
authors.forename: Allan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Beveridge
mesh_terms: D003243:Consciousness / Q000502:physiology*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D010684:Philosophy / Q000266:history*; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000266:history*
keywords: Histology; mental life; phenomenology; understanding psychology