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All scientific knowledge must be based on observation. This is the basis of scientific method, but there is some ambiguity in how close a link is required between observation and theory. The method cannot be simply a process of generalizing knowledge from observations, since some, at least tentative, knowledge is prerequisite for making scientific observations.
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Kosso, P. (2011). Empirical Foundations. In: A Summary of Scientific Method. SpringerBriefs in Philosophy, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1614-8_2
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