Boge, Florian J. (2024) Re-Assessing the Experiment / Observation-Divide. [Preprint]

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The paper re-evaluates the distinction between experiment and observation. It is first argued that to get clear on what role observation plays in the generation of scientific knowledge, we need to distinguish ‘experiential observation’, as a concept closely connected to experience, from ‘observation’ in a technical sense, and from ‘field observation’, as a concept that reasonably contrasts with ‘experiment’. It is then argued that observation construed as field observation can enjoy systematic epistemic advantages over experiment, contrary to appearances.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Boge, Florian J. florian-johannes.boge@udo.edu 0000-0002-1030-3393
Keywords:	observation; experiment; epistemology of science;
Subjects:	General Issues > Data General Issues > Evidence General Issues > Experimentation General Issues > Logical Positivism/Logical Empiricism General Issues > Theory/Observation
Depositing User:	Mr Florian Boge
Date Deposited:	25 Sep 2024 11:35
Last Modified:	25 Sep 2024 11:35
Item ID:	23940
Official URL:	https://doi.org/10.1017/psa.2024.23.
DOI or Unique Handle:	10.1017/psa.2024.23
Subjects:	General Issues > Data General Issues > Evidence General Issues > Experimentation General Issues > Logical Positivism/Logical Empiricism General Issues > Theory/Observation
Date:	2024
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/23940

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