The minimal features of experimental Phenomenology of Perception

Abstract In this paper we will argue that the basic, minimal elements for the Experimental Phenomenology of Perception (EPHP) can be defined based on internal features characterizing it, as the origin of the term “phenomenology” reveals. In particular, we will show that explanation and falsification are not external attributes of this discipline, i.e. they are not part of this discipline due to the application of external epistemological requirements. Rather, they are intrinsic parts of its skeleton. We also suggest that this search for the pre-epistemic foundations of the minimal features of the EPHP can be extended beyond the concepts of explanation and falsification considered here. Our proposal is developed within a “regionalized” perspective of scientific knowledge, a perspective which has already been seen in the current debate in the field of the philosophy of science.