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"One of the main tasks for human reason is to make the universe we live in understandable to ourselves. This is the task of science. There are two different components of about equal importance in this enterprise. The first is poetic inventiveness ..."
– Karl Popper
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Author Archives: Elliot
Critical Preferences
What problem is the idea of a “critical preference” intended to solve? (And how does it solve it?) I think the problem is this: We form theories to solve our problems, and we criticize them. Sometimes we decisively refute a … Continue reading
Posted in epistemology
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Force and Charity
Rafe champion writes: Welfare is a sticking point for many people of good will who support freedom but believe that they cannot be libertarians because of all the poor people who need assistance. Actually support for deserving poor people could … Continue reading
Posted in open society
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What Is Liberalism About?
Rafe Champion writes: [Mirowski] offers a list of eleven tenets of neoliberalism. Some of them are very strange. 1. “The starting point of neoliberalism is the admission, contrary to classical liberal doctrine, that their version of the good society will … Continue reading