Our beliefs and theories about the world may be partly wrong, even irrational. But ultimately, we trust, our observations will help us correct them, hold them to objective standards, and make our dealings with the world more rational, responsive, and responsible to the facts. Observation, we think, plays a vital rational role: it constrains our thinking by anchoring it to reality's solid grounds.
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