Phenomenological Theories and Theoretical Systems (I): Generic and Data-Specific Theory
Erwin Klein · Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks · 1998
A phenomenological theory is a hypothetico-deductive system which only includes phenomenological hypotheses; and phenomenological hypotheses are, according to Bunge (1967b), those which, whether they contain observational concepts or are rather abstract (that is, epistemological uplift) constructions, they do not meddle with the inner working of systems but only with their outward behavior. All input-output relations in thermodynamics, electrical engineering and economics are phenomenological to the extent that they do not refer to processes whereby inputs are converted into outputs. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.