Karl Popper (1902-1994) the philosopher would
commence his lectures by instructing his students
to "Observe". Inevitably one of his students would break
the silence by asking Popper,
"Observe what?"
Which would bring Popper round to how we how to interpret what one sees.
commence his lectures by instructing his students
to "Observe". Inevitably one of his students would break
the silence by asking Popper,
"Observe what?"
Which would bring Popper round to how we how to interpret what one sees.
In evaluating what one sees, one has to have some theory of what
one is looking at,
Therefore theory comes first - knowledge has
to be conjectured
it is not just and we derive from it being there
we have to conjecture, theorise, about what we are seeing, so therefore
knowedge is concjectured not derived.
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