Phenomenology of Science and the Art of Radical Questioning

Abstract

For some time, critique has been raised against the application of phenomenological philosophy in empirical research. In this article, we listen to the critical voices with the aim to revisit the connection between phenomenology as philosophy and its empirical practice in research. We claim that it is the question of how philosophy has been, or can be, used in empirical research that is at stake. We thus suggest a fruitful way of benefiting from philosophy in science, namely, as an art of radical questioning. Phenomenology can teach us this art, and we therefore argue for a phenomenology of science.