Phenomenology

n. [Fr. phénoménologie, from Gr. φαινόμενον, a phenomenon, and λόγος, discourse.] A description or history of phenomena.

If we consider the mind merely with a view of observing and generalizing the various phenomena it reveals, that is, of analyzing them into capacities or faculties, we have one mental science, or one department of mental science; and this we may call the phenomenology of mind. Sir W. Hamilton.