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Full Idea
Armed with enough theory, we can see electrons in a cloud chamber.
Gist of Idea
Seeing electrons in a cloud chamber requires theory
Source
Michael Williams (Problems of Knowledge [2001], Ch.10)
Book Ref
Williams,Michael: 'Problems of Knowledge' [OUP 2001], p.123
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12109 | We must observe in order to form theories, but connected observations need prior theories [Comte] |
22655 | Scientific genius extracts more than other people from the same evidence [James] |
15880 | In physical sciences particular observations are ordered, but in biology only the classes are ordered [Harré] |
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3587 | Seeing electrons in a cloud chamber requires theory [Williams,M] |
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