ABSTRACT
The aim of the present chapter is to discuss Jung's approach and method in the light of existential phenomenology. The focus is not on what Jung sees or on his attempts to formulate what he sees, but rather on his manner of seeing, that is, his approach and method. The term approach is taken from Giorgi, who writes by approach is meant the fundamental viewpoint toward man and the world that the scientist brings, or adopts, with respect to his work as a scientist, whether this viewpoint is made explicit or remains implicit. As Giorgi proceeds to illustrate, there is a continual dialectic between the approach, the method, and the object of study. Approach and method mutually imply each other. The approach structures the method, the method brings the approach into being. When it comes to considering Jung, it seems at first glance that he makes use of several approaches in a kind of eclecticism.
