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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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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.

Alan Chalmers

Empiricism and positivism share the common view that scientific knowledge should in some way be derived from the facts arrived at by observation.

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