Speaker
Prof.
Florian Boge
(TU Dortmund)
Description
My talk reevaluates the distinction between experiment and observation. I first argue that to get clear on what role observation plays in the generation of scientific knowledge, we need to distinguish “experiential observation” as a concept closely connected to experience from “observation” in a technical sense and from “field observation”, as a concept that reasonably contrasts with “experiment.” I then argue that observation construed as field observation can enjoy systematic epistemic advantages over experiment, contrary to appearances.
