The argument concludes that minds are not conscious, but a collective predicate for a set of observable behaviour and unobservable dispositions.
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Constructive empiricism, logical positivism and instrumentalism agree that theories do not aim for truth about unobservables, which scientific realism denies.
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Who would deny that the leaves of trees move when rustled by a wind, despite it being unobservable from large distances?
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Level 3 is the most unobservable of the levels and indicates use of valuation techniques and data that may not be verifiable.
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Even for CMEs with a well-defined acceleration stage, the pre-acceleration stage is often absent, or perhaps unobservable.
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Operational definitions solve the problem of what is not directly observable by connecting unobservable traits or experiences to things that can be observed.
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Quasi-experimental approaches can remove bias arising from selection on observables and, where panel data are available, time invariant unobservables.
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The interpretation of the no-hair theorem is that the Universe ( observable and unobservable ) expands by an enormous factor during inflation.
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For example, the effluvial theory of static electricity is an empirically successful theory whose central unobservable terms have been replaced by later theories.
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In more mystical language : just because this generation lacks the faith to believe in the unobservable doesn't inherently invalidate such studies.
