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The 23 pages that link to Observation, each with the reason it gives.

• Scientific methodRelated: Observations supply the initial evidence and later checks that guide scientific inquiry.

• EmpiricismRelated: Empirical inquiry turns experience into evidence through systematic observation.

• Inverse problemRelated: The observations provide the evidence from which unknown causes or parameters are inferred.

• Experimental psychologyRelated: It supplies empirical evidence when experimental manipulation is unsuitable or impossible.

• Philosophy of scienceRelated: What counts as neutral observation is disputed because expectations shape data collection.

• Scientific illustrationRelated: Direct observation supplies many of the features an illustration must preserve.

• Natural philosophyRelated: Careful observation of natural events supplied evidence for competing explanations.

• Sherlock HolmesRelated: Holmes turns overlooked details into evidence about people and events.

• Abductive reasoningRelated: Observed facts are the starting points that an abductive hypothesis must explain.

• InstrumentalismRelated: Observations provide the outcomes theories are expected to organize or predict.

• HypothesisRelated: Observations can prompt hypotheses and supply evidence for evaluating them.

• De humani corporis fabricaRelated: Vesalius treated direct inspection as a check on claims passed down through texts.

• ScienceRelated: Observations provide evidence from which scientific questions and claims develop.

• ScientistRelated: Observations supply evidence, including when controlled experiments are impossible.

• Frances Glessner LeeRelated: Lee’s exercises depended on close observation before investigators formed conclusions.

• Natural science disciplinesRelated: Direct and instrument-assisted observation supplies evidence across the disciplines.