(i) to determine what distinguishes phenomenology as a philosophical approach;

 

(ii) to identify the chief species of phenomenology that are to be distinguished within this general approach;

 

(iii) to assess critically the values and merits of these species of phenomenology with regard to one another;

& (iv) to practice pheneomenology by engaging in the critical analyisis of two investigations in formal ontology (one by Husserl and the other by Ingarden).