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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=philosophy_of_science">philosophy of science</a>, an <a href="page.php?w=observation">observation</a> is said to be "<b>theory-laden</b>" when shaped by the investigator's theoretical <a href="page.php?w=presupposition">presupposition</a>s. According to this perspective, observers may have a perspective that presupposes a <a href="page.php?w=theory">theory</a>, in which case they may make unnecessary judgments about information observed at the moment of observation. The thesis is chiefly associated with the late 1950s-early</p><p>
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