Which modern philosophical tendency stresses the role of the perceiver in determining meaning?
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Correct answer: C. Phenomenology
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Husserl's phenomenology studies objects as they appear to consciousness, and it underlies reader-oriented theories (Ingarden, Iser, the Geneva school).
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