No, we can't. Most of psychology deals with the stimuli and responses, which are empirically observable; if it's done properly, that's science. Consciousness i

No, we can't. Most of psychology deals with the stimuli and responses, which are empirically observable; if it's done properly, that's science. Consciousness is problematic for science, because it's intrinsically private, and not observable. Each of us knows it's there, and can observe it; but we can't share our observations, and "science" depends on sharing observations. Perhaps we need a new definition of "science", that can accomodate the private experience that each of us has, but can't share.