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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Consequences
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But the scientific importance of a change in knowledge of fact consists precisely in j its having consequences for a system of theory.
- Problems
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Empirical interest will be in the facts so far as they are relevant to the solution of these problems.
- Need
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If observed facts of undoubted accuracy will not fit any of the alternatives it leaves open, the system itself is in need of reconstruction.
- God
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Spencer's god was Evolution, sometimes also called Progress.
- Importance
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The importance of certain problems concerning the facts will be inherent in the structure of the system.
- Paper
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The part an actor played on stage was once written on a separate roll of paper.
- Only
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Theory not only formulates what we know but also tells us what we want to know, that is, the questions to which an answer is needed.
- Facts
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A theoretical system does not merely state facts which have been observed and that logically deducible relations to other facts which have also been observed.
- Great
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Among those who are satisfactory in this respect it is desirable to have represented as great a diversity of intellectual tradition, social milieu and personal character as possible.
- He
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But the fact a person denies that he is theorising is no reason for taking him at his word and failing to investigate what implicit theory is involved in his statements.
- Character
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From all this it follows what the general character of the problem of the development of a body of scientific knowledge is, in so far as it depends on elements internal to science itself.
- Only
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If there are four equations and only three variables, and no one of the equations is derivable from the others by algebraic manipulation then there is another variable missing.
- Empirically
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In so far as such a theory is empirically correct it will also tell us what empirical facts it should be possible to observe in a given set of circumstances.
- Matters
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- Nov 07, 2020
Now obviously the propositions of the system have reference to matters of empirical fact; if they did not, they could have no claim to be called scientific.
- May
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- Nov 07, 2020
Of course there may well be particular reasons why Spencer rather than others is dead, as there were also particular reasons why he rather than others made such a stir.
- Logical
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- Nov 07, 2020
Special emphasis should be laid on this intimate interrelation of general statements about empirical fact with the logical elements and structure of theoretical systems.
- Question
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- Nov 07, 2020