Monthly Archives: March 2013

Bridging the gap between Popper and the Austrian economists

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Rafe

Brian Gladish has picked up the importance of Barry Smith’s work on “fallibillistic apriorism” (conjectural knowledge) and the way that this has corrects the unhelpful form of dogmatic apriorism that some of the Austrians picked up from von Mises. With … Continue reading →

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The Logic of Scientific Discovery

Posted on March 23, 2013 by Rafe

The format issue is sorted, don’t ask me how – trial and error:) http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BX3ATBS#reader_B00BX3ATBS From the  “jacket”. On the topic of jackets, don’t you love the covers which have been produced by Barnes, Catmur and Friends? What a shame that … Continue reading →

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Popper guides launch: The Poverty of Historicism

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Rafe

UPDATE: The format problem in LSD is fixed although in both books the links from the table of contents are not working. OK in a preview but not in the live version. Actually The Logic of Scientific Discovery and The … Continue reading →

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New book by Philip Benesch

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Rafe

The Viennese Socrates: Karl Popper and the Reconstruction of Progressive Politics. This book examines Karl Popper’s attempt to develop a political theory that draws upon Socratic fallibilism and commitment to ethical autonomy while preserving progressive sociological insights and commitment to … Continue reading →

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Jeremy Shearmur, Critical Rationalist Scholar No. 10

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Rafe

Jeremy Shearmur has joined the list of  CR Scholars, a belated recognition of his work over many years, starting when he was a research assistant to Karl Popper (CR Scholar 5). Currently a Reader in Political Theory at the Australian … Continue reading →

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