Why sociobiology cannot be left out of phenomenological investigation: or, the bias in phenomenology and existentialism

Sociobiologically-explained feelings and emotions can be “objective” with a commonality, as well as being “subjective” phenomenon, or existential feelings. But individual subjective feelings are closer to objective common feelings than phenomenology suggests--- subjective feelings may even be more objective than they are subjective. The world of appearance, the world “as it appears” of existentialism has been exaggerated in the modern world perhaps as a reaction to world “as it is” of science which was also exaggerated. 

The reality is, we have seen enough of the real world, even with seeing only the "appearance" of the world through our senses and minds, to allow us to survive successfully, although we do not see all of the world as it is. It seems that what we do not see has been exaggerated in importance over what we do see.

This is not to say that there are no subjective feelings. There are differences between people and perceptions, which have been pointed out clearly by science, as well as by phenomenology. But phenomenology exaggerated the subjective experience over the common “inter-subjective” experience, to use their word for commonality. Religion and nationalism, for example, did not exaggerate the subjective differences, they emphasized (some might say overemphasized) the commonality. For example, one who might not like religion, or nationalism, might prefer to exaggerate the differences between people and underplay the commonality, or the other way around.

It has been affirmed and reaffirmed in human beings (and other social groups) that natural selection has taken place most importantly at the group level, where ethics are developed to help bond individuals to the group for more successful survival and reproduction against competing groups. Commonality and not subjectivity is in this affirmed, which leads to the affirmation of traditions, such as the commonality of religious art, or national art. Subjectivity is then downplayed, unconsciously at first, because commonalty better helped people survive successfully.

This is why survival and reproductive drives cannot be left out of phenomenological investigation because sociobiologically-explained instincts effect ones subjective and objective feelings. These exaggerations can be done unconsciously, perhaps caused primarily by biological impulsion toward the success of ones own worldview. To pay attention virtually to only subjective phenomenal feelings leaving out real biological considerations leads to bias in defining subjective feelings, yet alone bias in objective feelings.