"We would be in a nasty position indeed if empirical science were the only kind of science possible." ― Edmund Husserl Topic(s): Science More From Edmund Husserl "Experience by itself is not science." "Pure phenomenology claims to be the science of pure phenomena. This concept of the phenomenon, which was developed under various names as early as the eighteenth century without being clarified, is what we shall have to deal with first of all." "To begin with, we put the proposition: pure phenomenology is the science of pure consciousness." More In Science "Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories."― Arthur C. Clarke "I told my father I had to try political science for a year. He thought I was throwing my life away."― Paul Wolfowitz "We’ve arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology."― Carl Sagan