Full Idea
Ontology is possible only as phenomenology.
Gist of Idea
Ontology is possible only as phenomenology
Source
Martin Heidegger (Being and Time [1927], p.31), quoted by Dale Jacquette - Ontology Ch.1
Book Reference
Jacquette,Dale: 'Ontology' [Acumen 2002], p.20
A Reaction
Jacquette argues against this claim. The idea seems to be the ultimate extension of Kant, and it is not a big move to say that the only real phenomenology we can discuss is our semantics. Wrong, wrong, wrong.