?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Structural+phenomenology%3A+a+top-down+analytic+methodology&rft.creator=Brown%2C+Steven+Ravett&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Epistemology&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.description=Gurwitsch%2C+following+Husserl%2C+described+two+structural+parameters+applicable+to+all+phenomena%3A+the+intensity+of+our+experiences%2C+and+their+salience%2C+i.e.%2C+their+experienced+relevance+to+other+entities+in+consciousness.+These+dimensions+subsume+experiences+within+structures+indicating+the+degree+of+attention+consciously+paid+to+phenomena%2C+and+their+significance+to+other+phenomena+experienced+simultaneously.+For+example%2C+the+recession+to+or+from+unconsciousness+of+mental+contents+may+be+described+by+the+variation+of+their+saliences+and+intensities.+The+focal+organization+implied+by+these+dimensions+gives+rise+to+the+%22searchlight%22+configuration+underlying+many+models.+Consciousness+can+be+structurally+analyzed+more+deeply+than+this%2C+however.+Through+incorporation+of+two+other+parameters%3A+an+internalization+of+intentionality+which+I+term+%C2%93microdirectionality%2C%C2%94+and+a+description+of+the+recursive+microstructure+of+the+phenomenal+field+(%C2%93layered+recursion%C2%94)%2C+strata+of+interrelated+structures+may+be+employed+to+explicate+experiences+in+great+depth.+I+will+introduce+these+structural+parameters+and+describe+how+this+more+inclusive+perspective+enables+some+aspects+of+both+static+interrelationships+and+the+dynamics+of+the+creation+and+dissolution+of+a+variety+of+sensory%2C+conceptual+and+linguistic+phenomena+to+be+explicated.+I+will+utilize+the+tip-of-tongue+phenomenon+as+an+illustrative+example.&rft.date=2001&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1762%2F1%2FDimensions_of_consciousness.htm&rft.identifier=++Brown%2C+Steven+Ravett++(2001)+Structural+phenomenology%3A+a+top-down+analytic+methodology.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1762%2F