Abstract

There are many today who believe that mathematics is the critical key to theoretical development in physics and that treatises lacking mathematical support are ?speculative or philosophical at best, not rigorously theoretical?. Mathematics is a wonderful, marvelous tool and can greatly aid in our endeavors ? however, it is not, nor can it really ever be, the true key and foundation to good theoretical development. The real key is the careful and effective evaluation and understanding of the actual physical phenomena in Reality. That is because mathematics, and indeed, essentially all of our other tools depend on the completeness and validity of our phenomenological understanding of physically how and why things actually work the way that they do to ensure that they are correlated adequately and accurately with Reality in a correct and appropriate manner. Since there does not appear to be any term in science today which refers specifically to such a careful and focused endeavor, the term phenomenoscience is herein defined and some of the basic considerations of its use are described as well. The goal is to show why phenomenoscience is critical to the proper progression of science, and to provide some indication of approaches that need to be used as well as the care that needs to be exercised in its practice.