theory laden

<epistemology, philosophy of science> the property of observations varying with or depending upon the theoretical commitments of the observer. Insofar as observations are theory laden, your beliefs -- as shaped by the theory or paradigm you accept -- determines what you observe, so that partisans of different theories (or paradigms) will observe differently.

[Philosophical Glossary]

<2001-06-22>

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