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According to Hilary Putnam, a former student of Hans Reichenbach and Rudolf Carnap, making an observational / theoretical distinction is meaningless.

The " received view " operates on the correspondence rule that states " The observational terms are taken as referring to specified phenomena or phenomenal properties, and the only interpretation given to the theoretical terms is their explicit definition provided by the correspondence rules.

" Putnam argues that introducing this dichotomy of observational terms and theoretical terms is the problem from which to start.

Putnam demonstrates this with four objections: