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work_dtnnetfvbjd6fi5lersnrybmmq	Hasok Chang	A Case for Old‐Fashioned Observability, and a Reconstructed Constructive Empiricism	2005	12	.pdf	application/pdf	5401	309	54	I develop a concept of observability that pertains to qualities rather than objects: A better description of observations in science and everyday life than the object-based First, the object-based concept of observability is inadequate for dealing with many instances of I believe that the object-based definition of observability, which van Fraassen shares with many realists, introduces an unwarranted realist bias, Using the quality-based concept of observability, I propose a reconstructed constructive empiricism that is more Van Fraassen (1980, 15) says that "the term 'observable' classifies putative Van Fraassen includes 'events' as a type of 'entities', and seems to equate 'things' with 'objects'. Van Fraassen's object-based definition of observability is a trap that Secondly, there is a hidden realism in van Fraassen's concept of empirical adequacy, and the quality-based concept of observability can eliminate it. The humanist distinction between observation and its interpretation strengthens van Fraassen's position because	./cache/work_dtnnetfvbjd6fi5lersnrybmmq.pdf	./txt/work_dtnnetfvbjd6fi5lersnrybmmq.txt