The purpose of this paper is to introduce a methodological concept of phenomenological elucidation to promote the development of phenomenology as psychology. After offering a minimal review of the historical relationship between phenomenology and psychology, the first section gives a brief overview of the descriptive phenomenological approach developed by A. Giorgi and other psychologists. However, for phenomenology to evolve as a human science, the method should not remain descriptive. One needs to be able to answer the question of “why”. The second section outlines the process of phenomenological elucidation on the topic of dream analysis. This process answers the question of “why” based on identifying differences between the fundamental phenomenological structure of the dream experience and that of the real experience. Husserl’s classification of intentionalities is used as a heuristic for this identification. In the final section, phenomenological elucidation is defined as a way to answer the “why” question by treating the differences between the experiences in question as specific cases of more fundamental differences in phenomenological structure. This method is expected to be effective in the development of phenomenology as psychology, that is, as an empirical human science.

本文旨在引入一种现象学阐释的方法论概念，以促进现象学作为心理学的发展。在简要回顾了现象学和心理学之间的历史关系之后，第一部分简要概述了 A. Giorgi 和其他心理学家发展的描述性现象学方法。然而，要使现象学发展成为一门人文科学，方法不应保持描述性。人们需要能够回答“为什么”这个问题。第二节概述梦分析主题的现象学阐释过程。这个过程基于识别梦境体验和真实体验的基本现象学结构之间的差异来回答“为什么”的问题。胡塞尔的意向性分类被用作这种识别的启发式方法。在最后一节中，现象学阐释被定义为一种通过将所讨论的经验之间的差异视为现象学结构中更根本差异的具体案例来回答“为什么”问题的一种方式。这种方法有望有效地发展现象学作为心理学，即作为一门经验人类科学。