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- From: Chris.Holt@newcastle.ac.uk (Chris Holt)
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- Subject: Re: Which theory before observation ?
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- Date: 9 Jan 93 19:04:48 GMT
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- schiller@prl.philips.nl (schiller c) writes:
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- >The discussion would become more interesting if somebody of the opposing camp
- >would give a precise example of which "theory" is necessary to observe
- >something ! (Eddington surely was not able to do so ...)
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- Go over to a libertarian newsgroup and they will be able to assure
- you that changes in money supply caused the Depression of the '30s.
- They see this as an observation, because they are full of the theory
- of von Mises. Keynesians perceive no such phenomenon, however,
- because they have a different theory of causal relationships within
- an economy. Of course, you may not call this related to science... :-)
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