I had thought at first that phenomenology was kinda neat sounding, but the more I think about it the more I disagree with the whole thing, and I wanted to record a few quick thoughts on why I disagree before I forget them all.
For the uninitiated... phenomenology is the premise that reality consists of objects and events as they are perceived or understood in human consciousness and not of anything independent of human consciousness.
Why I disagree with this premise...
1. Occam's razor, for me, totally excludes this mode of thought because it requires too much to fall into place to make it valid. First, everything that has perception that is not human perception has been perceived for many, many generations to line up rather well with human perception. Secondly, things existed even when they were not perceived by human consciousness.
Which leads me to another thought -- did our consciousness give birth to the things that we perceived or did these perceivable things give birth to us?
2. I started with a number, but my thoughts are all connected and streaming and thus difficult to number. Besides, I'm trying to joke around on AIM with my friend, so I've lost some of my thougts. Perhaps I'll just post the end of that conversation in addition to this.