Talk:Observation
From Academic Kids
This could do with some mention of observation in science and in other disciplines... Martin
- I just merged an article discussing observation in philosophy. I didn't touch the content, and it could use some more work. Akerkhof
The form of observation in this article is naturalistic, which is a valid stage in the development of knowledge. Great biologists are typically naturalists as youths. Stephen Jay Gould. Konrad Lorenz. Charles Darwin, even.
A phenomenological view is still acceptable when developing a science. Where to draw the line. The most advanced physics can be found in the history of the universe, which we are getting from observatories.
Even the odd stellar objects which are being cataloged, basically as curiosities, at this stage, can be viewed as examples of stellar evolution. Hence even astronomy benefits from a naturalistic viewpoint.
Or is the issue 'undisciplined observation'.
