The critique of pure phenomenology

Alva Noé

pp. 231-245

in: Phenomenology and the cognitive sciences 6, 2007.

Abstract

The topic of this paper is phenomenology. How should we think of phenomenology – the discipline or activity of investigating experience itself – if phenomenology is to be a genuine source of knowledge? This is related to the question whether phenomenology can make a contribution to the empirical study of human or animal experience. My own view is that it can. But only if we make a fresh start in understanding what phenomenology is and can be.