Monthly Archives: May 2013

Before a brief crit of Brendan Larvor’s book on Lakatos, a reminder to check out Joe Agassi’s brief but comprehensive account of Popper’s career, in case people have not read the recent comments on the site.  This is a really … Continue reading →

Some more research assistants who worked with Karl Popper have turned up. Given the passage of time there is some uncertainty about the periods of service, for example the logician Lejewski is a possibility from an early period. Other names in … Continue reading →

Making Science Pay. The papers in this collection address various aspects of scientific productivity, both the production of knowledge and the delivery of economic returns from scientific research, especially research backed by government  funding.  It  is a miscellaneous collection of … Continue reading →

Very interesting papers by Hamming and Mills.  The Hamming piece is a summary of key points from a longish lecture which is well worth a look if you are actually engaged in research (Google Hamming+your research). The Mills contribution is … Continue reading →

Rob Leeson from WA has been working in the Popper, Bartley and Hayek archives for some years and he invited me to contribute to his latest collection of papers in the project.  Last  night he was in touch to say that … Continue reading →