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<p>A comparison is presented of three approaches to an understanding of `what is actual': modern science, Husserlian phenomenology, and Tibetan Buddhist Dzog Chen. In each approach, experiment is the central touch stone, while the theoretical `foundations' are dynamically changing. The roles that consciousness plays in each of the three approaches are contrasted, in a comparative analysis that provides a fresh look at the question of the possibility of a scientific study of consciousness.</p>
<p>Piet Hut is a Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study. His work focusses mainly on astrophysics, but he also actively pursues research in geology, paleontology, general physics, computer science, and natural philosophy. He is the founder of a number of initiatives, including the KIRA Institute, a center with the broad goal of studying the world based different ways of knowing. In addition to his scientific research, he has written on the interdisciplinary study of consciousness according the perspective of science, the Western phenomenogical tradition, and the Tibetan Buddhist "Great Perfection" or Dzogchen (rdzogs chen) tradition. (Zach Rowinski 2004-05-27)</p>