noun
phenomenological reduction
A technical term in phenomenology, referring to the method of bracketing out assumptions about the existence of the external world to focus on pure consciousness and phenomena as they appear.
フッサールは現象学的還元によって意識の本質を探求した。
Husserl explored the essence of consciousness through phenomenological reduction.
Compound of 現象学 (phenomenology) + 的 (-ical) + 還元 (reduction). A calque from German 'phänomenologische Reduktion'.