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(1986) Cognition and fact, Dordrecht, Springer.

Scientific observation and perception in general [1935]

Ludwik Fleck

pp. 59-78

Until quite lately the following conviction prevailed among scientists, expressed in Poincaré's sentence: "if a research worker had infinite time at his disposal, it would suffice to tell him: Look, but look well". Our entire knowledge would allegedly emerge out of the description of his observations of all events.

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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-4498-5_4

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Fleck, L. (1986). Scientific observation and perception in general [1935], in Cognition and fact, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 59-78.