[Fis] Clarifying Posting

[Robert E. Ulanowicz]

> Pedro -- In short, how might phenomenology relate to science?  There is
> one
> approach - to physiology - that was taken by the British physiologist,
> John
> B. Haldane.  He did ALL his experiments upon himself.
>
> STAN

Dear Pedro,

Most of the discussion has centered about phenomenology in the sense of
Husserl. The topic is broader, however, and remains the foundation of the
engineering philosophy that has guided my career.

I have long advocated a phenomenological approach to biology as the only
way forward. I have devoted years to the phenomenological study of
ecosystems trophic exchange networks and have shown how hypothesis
falsification can be possible in abstraction of eliciting causes
<https://www.ctr4process.org/whitehead2015/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/PhilPrax.pdf>.
I have gone so far as to propose an alternative metaphysics to
conventional mechanical/reductionist theory that followed from
phenomenological premises.
<http://people.clas.ufl.edu/ulan/publications/philosophy/3rdwindow/>

So I would submit that phenomenology is alive and well as a practical and
even quantitative tool in science. It's just that, as an engineer, I find
Husserl tough going. :)

Warm regards,
Bob