Their use of "phenomenal" and "phenomenology" confuses me as a layman, but I'll lay out their (likely relevant) definitions and hope to use that to better under

Their use of "phenomenal" and "phenomenology" confuses me as a layman, but I'll lay out their (likely relevant) definitions and hope to use that to better understand what is being proposed. > phenomenal: Known or derived through the senses rather than through the mind. > phenomenology: A philosophy or method of inquiry based on the premise that reality consists of objects and events as they are perceived or understood in human consciousness and not of anything independent of human consciousness. So the claim (highlighted especially in paragraph 3) is that, outside of humans, things that are perceived may also exist in conscious thought (of non-humans).