Lexicon of Arguments

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I 287
Experiment/HackingVsLakatos/HackingVsFeyerabend: an experiment is neither a statement nor a report but an action, which is not about mere words.
>P. Feyerabend.
I 293
E.g. Herschel’s theory of thermal radiation was (falsely) aligned with Newton, but that did not affect his observation. He noted that infrared had to be included in the white light. A previously existing theory would have prevented him from this finding out.
HackingVsTheory Ladenness of observation.
>Theory ladenness, >Observation, >Method, >Discoveries.
I 299
Observing is a skill (HackingVsHanson).
I 380f
Experiment/Hacking: an experiment is never repeated but always improved. An experiment usually does not work, therefore observation is not so important.
I 418
Crucial experiment/experimentum crucis/Hacking: e.g. Michelson-Morley.
>experimentum crucis.

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