Author Archives: Rafe

The Popperian legacy in economics was the theme of a conference in Amsterdam  in 1985. The editor of the proceedings, de Marchi, noted that most of the time was spent (without a conclusion) on the need for a better demarcation criterion. … Continue reading →

Daniel Hausman The Inexact and Separate Science of Economics (1992) In this book Hausman defends the old-fashioned view that economics proceeds by deducing the consequences of  “apriori” axioms in particular situations. (This could be called Situational Analysis). The axioms are “inexact”, … Continue reading →

Michael Scammel’s biography runs to 700 pages and is likely to be the primary source on Koestler for some time. A minor quibble, the writing is competent but no  more than that, it is a shame that such a  fine … Continue reading →

That is the title of a paper by Kevin Mulligan, Peter Simons and Barry Smith. Abstract. Philosophy in the West divides into three parts: Analytic Philosophy (AP), Continental Philosophy (CP), and History of Philosophy (HP). But all three parts are … Continue reading →

In 1985 Colin Simkin put me in touch with Bill Bartley who was the official biographer for Karl Popper. Simkin became a close friend of Popper in Christchurch in 1937 or 1938 and they kept in touch until Popper died … Continue reading →

In 1995 the Australian journal Metascience had an interview with Alan Musgrave, a professsor of philosophy at at the University of Otago. Musgrave was a working class lad from Manchester when he arrived at the LSE in 1958.

On Amazon US my score for helpful reviews has hit 666, the Devil’s Number. Will someone please go in and register a helpful vote to get me off the dreaded number 666!

From Hoppe’s commentary on a paper by Radnitzky in Values and the Social Order: Vol 1 Values and Society Eds Radnitzky and Bouillon, Averbury 1995. Unfortunately, in line with his Popperian – falsificationist – methodology, Radnitzky weakens, or even defeats, … Continue reading →

This is the blog of Tony Lloyd. One of my very  helpful email friends picked up a paper on CR that he wrote in a journal and now we are in touch. He did philosophy years ago but pursued a … Continue reading →

The bottom line of this argument (yet to be composed) is that the problems with Popper’s RP in the context of his Situational Analysis (SA) can be resolved quite easily, if: 1. We accept that plans and intentions count as … Continue reading →