It should be no news to anyone that the perceptual judgemen… - Alan Chalmers

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It should be no news to anyone that the perceptual judgements of individuals can be unreliable for a range of reasons. The challenge, in science, is to arrange the observable situation in such a way that the reliance on such judgements is minimised if not eliminated.

Alan Chalmers

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Alan Francis Chalmers (born 1939, in Bristol, England) is a British-Australian philosopher of science.

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Alternative Names: Alan Francis Chalmers • Alan F. Chalmers

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