Monthly Archives: March 2014

The collection of misreadings of Popper will be supplemented by a some examples where Popper is not mentioned at all (where he should be). The Swede Anders Wedberg wrote three volumes on the history of philosophy with the third covering the … Continue reading →

Should be interesting, have not had time to read it yet, just want to share!

The role of institutions and conventions (rules of the game) The recognition of the social factor in science is often attributed to Kuhn and the sociologists of knowledge, however Jarvie in The Republic of Science (2001) identified what he called … Continue reading →

Kuhn wrote an essay for the Schilpp volume on Popper which appeared in 1974 and it was published in Criticism and the Growth of Knowledge (eds Lakatos and Musgrave) which appeared earlier (in  1970) due to delays in production of the … Continue reading →

In the Schilpp volume Popper described the “Popper Legend”  that he was a positivist with a different take on the criterion of meaning.  In his reply to critics he listed numerous philosophers of the highest international esteem who contributed to the Legend and … Continue reading →