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There is a noteworthy parallelism between phenomenology and cognitive psychology in respect of historical origins and in respect of theoretical results. Both opposed behaviouristic methodology in experimental psychology and focused upon investigating human cognitive processes from the mentalistic point of view. Husserl also consistently opposed reductionism and causal thinking in his analyses of consciousness. Phenomenology should contribute to the development of cognitive psychology
Most of the time phenomenologists have not understood what might be basically convergent with their own inspiration in contemporary psychology. Merleau-Ponty
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Noé, S. (1993). Phenomenology and Cognitive Psychology. In: Blosser, P., Shimomissé, E., Embree, L., Kojima, H. (eds) Japanese and Western Phenomenology. Contributions to Phenomenology, vol 12. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8218-6_22
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