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More almost Popper-free introductions to philosophy
Interesting exchange on a blog the other day. An economist took exception to a disparaging comment that I passed on the positivists and logical empiricists and he implied that Popper was himself a positivist. He defended Kuhn against my put down, … Continue reading
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The Tanner Lectures on Human Values
A wonderful series of lectures endowed by a remarkable inventor, entrepreneur (and philosopher). In 1927 in his mother’s basement, Obert Tanner began an industrial enterprise that has become the largest firm of its kind in the United States. The O.C. … Continue reading
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Unpacking Popper’s critique of the authoritarian structure
That is the authoritarian structure of western thought. With compliments to David Miller and the late Bill Bartley who have been the most active exponents of non-justificationism. The immediate purpose of this post is to think aloud about re-writing a … Continue reading
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Teichman and Evans on Popper
Jenny Teichman and Katherine Evans, Philosophy: A Beginner’s Guide, (second edition), Blackwell, Oxford, 1995. First edition 1991. The book was written for a general readership and university freshers, aiming to present the major topics in self-contained chapters without using technical jargon. The … Continue reading
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Israel trip
This is the full list of reports on a recent trip to Israel with a group of people from the Australian Council of Christians and Jews. I happen to have a friend on the Council and he showed me the … Continue reading
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Simon Blackburn on Popper. From the sidelines:)
Simon Blackburn, The Big Questions: Philosophy, Quercus, London,2009. In the chapter What Do We Know? Virtual realities and reliable authorities. One of the most influential views of our situation as theorists is that of Karl Popper, famous for his deliniation of … Continue reading
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Unsatisfactory introductions
I have been perplexed over the years by the number of times that I have read and heard views attributed to Popper which don’t sound quite the same as the ideas of the man himself, at least as I understood … Continue reading
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Ayer on Justification
But this is very strange. For what would be the point of our testing our hypotheses at all if they earned no greater credibility by passing the tests? It is not just a matter of our abiding by the rules … Continue reading
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Situational logic in The Poverty of Historicism
My summary of The Poverty of Historicism does not adequately cover the last few sections, probably because there was a rush to finish and get on with some other tasks. The sections are: 31 Situational logic in history and 32 … Continue reading
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Hulsmann on Mises
Jorg Guido Hulsmann, professor of economics at the University of Angiers in France has written a magesterial biography of Ludwig von Mises, running over 1100 pages. This allows sufficient space to permit generous coverage of the historical and intellectual background with close … Continue reading
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