Category Archives: epistemology

One of my aims is to trace connections between the CR program (and especially the six Popperian themes) and the programs of other scholars.  Among those at work  now, there are connections with Philip Kitcher that will be interesting to … Continue reading →

A couple of things, first the strange world of Ordinary Language Philosophy, a discussion with Melvyn Bragg on his program In Our Time, which is a marvellous resource for every kind of intellectaul interest! But what a beautiful image of the ordinary language philosophers! … Continue reading →

Not  hot off the press but a very handy survey, including attention to Joe Agassi’s contribution to the discussion of rationality, CR and non-justificationism in the Popper Circle. Have  not read it yet but looking forward…. Picked up off a … Continue reading →

A summary of some of the contents of a collection of papers compiled by Jeremy Shearmur and Piers Norris Turner, titled After the Open Society.

The Guides are all revised although there has been no signal, that takes over a month after Amazon decides whether the changes are significant enough to be called a revised edition. The date of the last version can be found immediately in … Continue reading →

A heads up on some important sites, prompted by Bruce and his reminder of the Dimitry Sepety site. Bill Hall in Australia was still producing papers in 2012. And Barry Smith keeps busy. I wonder if he got tenure?    

The bibliography prepared by Antoni Diller. And another list of on-line papers by Bartley. The Bartley page in the Rathouse. A large fragment of the Popper biography by Bartley.    

Adding a few words to the Guide to the LSD on Corroboration. The idea is to introduce the “check on the problem” to ask people to consider what they are trying to achieve with confirmation theory. The check on the … Continue reading →

This is a new chapter in the Guide to The Open Society to cover the 1962 addendum on Facts, Standards and Truth: A Further Critique of Relativism This essay is the result of intensive discussion with William W. Bartley following Bartley’s … Continue reading →

The five Guides have been revised and when the new versions are on line I will advise Amazon so they can offer previous buyers the opportunity to update. Preface to The Guide to The Logic of Scientific Discovery In this … Continue reading →