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Lecture 3: Check for Understanding

Answer the following questions to the best of your ability. Your score will be displayed at the end.

1. In phenomenology, "intersubjectivity" refers to:

a) The objective truth of the physical world. b) An individual's private and unique experience. c) The shared world of meaning that we inhabit with others. d) The competition between different perspectives.

2. We "know" the shared world primarily through:

a) Scientific study and data analysis. b) Shared practices, language, and everyday interactions. c) Reading history books. d) Individual meditation.

3. Why is it difficult to describe the shared world?

a) Because it is so familiar that we take it for granted. b) Because it is constantly changing. c) Because there is no shared world. d) Because it is too complex to understand.

4. Social institutions are phenomenologically significant because they:

a) Are the buildings where we work and live. b) Provide the "background" against which our individual lives take place. c) Are the primary cause of social conflict. d) Are easily observable and measurable.

5. The goal of describing the shared world is to move from "common sense" to:

a) Uncommon sense. b) Scientific facts. c) A conscious awareness of the structures that shape our experience. d) Personal enlightenment.