Lexicon of Arguments

 Philosophical and Scientific Issues in Dispute
 
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I 49
Facts/Mayr: there are no pure facts, all are theory-laden.
>Theories, >Theory dependence, >Observation, >Theory ladenness.
I 49
Def knowledge/Mayr: facts and their interpretation.
>States of affairs, >Interpretation.
I 93
Fact/theory/law/Mayr: after the discovery of Pluto a theory became a fact. The laws of thermodynamics were just able to be called facts.
>Laws, >Laws of nature.
E.g. that birds have feathers is, however, a fact and not a law.
>Generalization, >Generality.
I 96
Biology/Mayr: here concepts play a bigger role than laws.
>Concepts, >Classification/Mayr, >Order/Mayr.

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