Phenomenology (noun)

1. The study of structures of consciousness as experienced from the first-person point of view.
2. The study of the systematic and consistent interpretation of the structures of experience and consciousness.

Origin:

From french phénoménologie, from ancient greek φαινόμενον (phainómenon) "appearance, thing that appears" + -logy.

Examples:

1. He wrote his thesis on the phenomenology of love.
2. Phenomenology has been a major influence on the development of existentialism and post-modernism.
3. The phenomenology of perception is an essential part of the study of psychology.
4. He is an expert in phenomenology of human mind and consciousness.
5. He was giving a lecture on phenomenology of architecture.