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Observation Reconsidered
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Several arguments are considered which purport to demonstrate the impossibility of theory-neutral observation. The most important of these infers the continuity of observation with theory from the presumed continuity of perception with cognition, a doctrine widely espoused in recent cognitive psychology. An alternative psychological account of the relation between cognition and perception is proposed and its epistemological consequences for the observation/theory distinction are then explored.
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- Authors
- Fodor, J.
- Venue
- Philosophy of Science
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 1984-03
- Volume
- 51
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 23-43
- ISSN
- 0031-8248 (ISSN-L)
- 1539-767X
- OpenAlex
- W4300006473
- Cited by
- 420
- References
- 5
- FWCI
- 86.71
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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