Open Access
American Research Journal of History and Culture
ISSN (Online): 2379-2914
DOI: 10.46568/arjhc
Observation Statements
Affiliation
Retired Associate Professor of Philosophy North Carolina Central University North Carolina
Abstract
It is generally agreed that science must be based on observations or sense perception. For a theory or hypothesis to be scientific it must be empirically verifiable or falsifiable via the five sense modalities. This paper reprises an article by Fred Dretske that provides conditions under which we have an observation term. It goes on to present and defend an Alternative Approach comparing and contrasting the alternative to Dretske’s account.
Citation
Dr. Thomas W. Smythe, ”Observation Statements”. American Research Journal of History and Culture; Volume 2, 2016; pp:1-4
