This paper challenges the received view that phenomenological anti-reductionism and reductionist science are fundamentally incompatible practices. The essential 3 moves of phenomenological uncovering of essence are examined in relation to the 2 essential elements of Popper's scientific epistemology. A phenomenologically grounded scientific research framework - expanding the powers of both phenomenology and scientific method, simultaneously resolving key concerns proponents of each harbor for the other is proposed. Phenomenology cannot dismiss this challenge on a-priori grounds, this would be positivism. Nor can Popper's scientific epistemology dismiss new knowledge that can be inter-subjectively corroborated, without violating its own axioms.
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