| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-5页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-19页 |
| ·Research Question and Significance | 第10-11页 |
| ·General Review of the Research | 第11-19页 |
| Chapter Two Searching for Truth in Life World | 第19-30页 |
| ·Establishing the Significance of Ordinary Life | 第19-23页 |
| ·The Shift from Grand Narrative to Life Narrative | 第19-21页 |
| ·Ordinary Life Featured by Particularity and Triviality | 第21-23页 |
| ·Particulars---the Real Source of Truth | 第23-30页 |
| ·Beulah's Blossoming through Particulars | 第23-25页 |
| ·Love and Pain in Particulars Rendering Life Completion and Charm. | 第25-30页 |
| Chapter Three Searching for Truth Which is "True for Me" | 第30-39页 |
| ·The Priority of Authentic Subjectivity over Objectivity | 第30-33页 |
| ·Authentic Existence with Interior Consciousness of Events | 第33-36页 |
| ·Dynamic Truth---Ever-changing for Different Individuals | 第36-39页 |
| Chapter Four Truth as a Way of Experiencing Life | 第39-50页 |
| ·Thomas's Recovery from a Loss | 第39-42页 |
| ·Sinking into the Past as a Way of Survival | 第40-41页 |
| ·Integrating Memories into the Present | 第41-42页 |
| ·Beulah's Awakening from an Absence | 第42-46页 |
| ·Expecting Far Future as an Outlet for Her Exclusions from "Good Life" | 第43页 |
| ·Returning to Actual Life World | 第43-46页 |
| ·Life Itself as the Purpose of Life | 第46-50页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第50-52页 |
| Notes | 第52-54页 |
| Bibliography | 第54-56页 |
| Published Paper During My Graduate Study | 第56页 |
