1 The argument advanced by phenomenologists in this conversation is by no means one-dimensional or univocal; yet (as it seems to me), it is not impossible to discern a major thrust or common inflection. Broadly speaking, this thrust involves a stress on, and special attentiveness to, the peculiar features or distinctive traits of social phenomena as compared to purely natural phenomena; as a corollary of such attentiveness, the social scientist is commonly assumed to be less rigidly detached from his subject matter than the natural scientist and to be able to grasp not only the external sequence but also the intrinsic significance of social events." /> Genesis and validation of social knowledge - Dallmayr Fred | sdvig press