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"But the scientific importance of a change in knowledge of fact consists precisely in j its having consequences for a system of theory."
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"The importance of certain problems concerning the facts will be inherent in the structure of the system."
"But the fact a person denies that he is theorising is no reason for taking him at his word and failing to investigate what implicit theory is involved in his statements."
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"That is, a system starts with a group of interrelated propositions which involve reference to empirical observations within the logical framework of the propositions in question."
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