This paper defends philosophical phenomenology against Eichberg's 'phenomenology'. It tries to explain what philosophical phenomenology is, and the possibilities for its empirical application; whilst also showing that Eichberg's method is idiosyncratic, problematic and not interested in philosophical phenomenology.
Finally, the paper scrutinises Eichberg's empirical method, which has deep problems of its own, and in any case, finds unsuitable its characterisation as 'phenomenology'.