Author Archives: Rafe

Ancient texts in unreadable languages have been cracked by picking up a handful of key words so that a pattern can be found. Much the same can happen in solving a murder mystery. Remember the puzzle books with complex line … Continue reading →

A research scientist in New Zealand got in touch to say he enjoyed the Rathouse and when I told him about the Popular Popper series he wrote a very generous review of the Guide to The Logic of Scientific Discovery. … Continue reading →

Nicholas has been very active (actually hyperactive and prolific) for many years, now running into decades, spreading his unique views on the philosophy of science and the need to address practical problems more effectively. We met in Vienna at the … Continue reading →

Colin McGinn is a British-born philosopher now at the Uni of Miami. He has written many books and has some stature as a public intellectual who is capable of debating a wide range of issues. A decade  ago he wrote … Continue reading →

It is a great pleasure to announce that Hans Albert is the latest addition to the list of CR Scholars.  Albert, with the late Gerard Radnitzky, looked after the German branch of critical rationalism and conducted a long-running debate witih the Frankfurt School. He … Continue reading →

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 →