Category Archives: CR scholars

This paper is a tribute to two books which were inspired by Karl Popper, The Republic of Science by Ian Jarvie and The Organization of Inquiry by Gordon Tullock. Jarvie’s book attracted little attention and Tullock’s book has hardly been … Continue reading →

Joe Agassi (1927 – ) is one of several first generation Popperians who served an apprenticeship as Popper’s research assistant. He has a  huge record of publications and he deserves a special mention for his work on metaphysics which turned up in … Continue reading →

Larry Boland, like Ian Jarvie, patrols the ramparts of critical rationalism in that great outpost of the empire next to Alaksa. On a good day he can probably see Sarah Palin. He comes to the club by courtesy of a … Continue reading →

The latest Prestigious Critical Rationalist Scholar is Roger Sandall, a refugee from New Zealand who has made a new life amidst the vibrant beachside culture of the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. With  wide experience of life as a film-maker and … Continue reading →

Just in case people were wondering, the criteria for the CR scholar are more or less the same as those for the Rhodes Scholarship. literary and scholastic attainments; energy to use one’s talents to the full, as exemplified by fondness … Continue reading →

The trigger for this award is a new course on Austrian economics that Peter has designed for PhD students. Peter Boettke has given this a big rap. His latest book is a collection of essays on entrepreneurship and this Wik … Continue reading →

This award is designed to encourage the living rather than remember the dead and forgotten but a nice little paper by Karl Popper came to mind while I was writing about Grayling’s views on science. Karl Popper was a little-known Austrian-born … Continue reading →

Michael Giffin is a US-born scholar and editor, based in Sydney.  Well versed in philosophy and hermeneutics from Aristotle to the present, his special research interest is the nineteenth and twentieth century novel in English that interrogates classical metaphysics from a neoclassical, … Continue reading →

Jack Birner, né en 1951, a étudié les affaires commerciales et administratives internationales à Nijenrode-Breukelen, aux Pays-Bas. Puis, il s’est orienté vers l’économie et la philosophie à l’université d’État du Michigan (BA en 1972). Il a commencé des études de … Continue reading →