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1
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What is empiricism?

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Direct observation

2
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What are the other branches of epistemology?

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Rationalism Constructivism Falsificationism

3
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Who was the first person to describe pulmonary circulation?

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Ibn al-Nafks (1213-1288)

4
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What is falsification?

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If an experimental observation makes a theory untenable (I.e. falsifies it) It should be replaced by a new theory that has greater explanatory power

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What is a theory?

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Explains multiple facts Has predictable power