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This chapter defends the claim that empirical educational research (EER) has a role in understanding educational practices and in solving educational problems. There is widespread scepticism about the value of EER, both in the philosophical community, but also among policymakers. There are (often justified) reservations about the quality of some research, but also a more radical scepticism about whether or not EER could be of any use. The former question will be returned to repeatedly during the course of this book, but this chapter will concentrate instead on the radical argument and show that it is incoherent.