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"The aim of science is to falsify theories and to replace them by better theories, theories that demonstrate a greater ability to withstand tests."
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Alan ChalmersNo matter which comes first, the facts or the theory, the question to — Alan Chalmers
"No matter which comes first, the facts or the theory, the question to be addressed is the extent to which the theory is borne out by the facts. The strongest possible claim would be that the theory can be logically derived from the facts. That is, given the facts, the theory can be proven as a consequence of them. This strong claim cannot be substantiated."
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Alan Francis Chalmers is a British-Australian philosopher of science and associate professor at the University of Sydney.
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"The experienced and skilled observer does not have perceptual experiences identical to those of the untrained novice when the two confront the same situation."
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"Which facts are relevant and which are not relevant to a science will be relative to the current state of development of that science."
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"Many kinds of processes are at work in the world around us, and they are all superimposed on, and interact with, each other in complicated ways."
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"A far as perception is concerned, the only things with which an observer has direct and immediate contact are his or her experiences."
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"Science is widely esteemed. Apparently it is a widely held belief that there is something special about science and its methods."
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