Ep 32 Ch 12 "A Physicist's History of Bad Philosophy" Part 3. Some readings and remarks
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The Importance of Explanatory Theories
In order to claim that your count equals the number of visitors to the museum, you need some explanatory theories. This is Popper's idea of observation being theory laden. You first need a theory of what to observe and how before you can start making claims about what those observations might tell you about reality.
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