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The crib or reading guide for The Logic of Scientific Discovery is now on line after some coaching from Joe Agassi with the chapters on Probability and Physics. Critical comments will help to improve the product. Compliments (corroborations) will cheer me … Continue reading →

Lakatos and others, notably Dan Hausman, claimed that Popper’s falsificationism would not work because it would mean throwing out a theory immediately if it failed a test. Where did they get that  idea? Try this rejoinder The dogmatic attitude of sticking to … Continue reading →

I’ve been having an ongoing exchange with Ryan Murphy and Gene Callahan about Popper, the problem of induction, and falsifiability. What follows is brief summary of our inconsequential little argument to provide context. If you don’t care about all that … Continue reading →

Interesting piece with a sting in the tail! When Popper suggested that liberal democracies could legislate small changes in the societal structure, evaluate the results and either repeal or retain the changes he was arguing against utopian views and for … Continue reading →

This book was published in 2003 and subtitled “An introduction to the philosophy of science.”  The 22 Amazon reviews to date average 4 stars and not one provides a hint of the extent to which Popperism is sawn off and misrepresented in the book. … Continue reading →

I never met Bill Bartley and I count this as one of the great disappointments of my life.  We had so many ideas in common, I imagine that we would have communicated effectively in half-sentences.   There were so many thoughts … Continue reading →

Among other projects I am preparing reading guides for some of my favorite books and authors. Some of the books will get a guide each, some authors such as Jacques Barzun and William H Hutt will have all (or several) their … Continue reading →

This is a draft of a paper for a forthcoming collection. People who have been around for a while won’t find much new but it is an opportunity to tap a different readership. William Warren BartleyIII (1935-1990) had three strings … Continue reading →

Great News! Ray Scott Percival is still at work, writing and updating the Popper Web. Interesting to see the  lack of communication among the Critical Rationalists of the world:)  

Update on progress with a proposal for a book on Popper and the other Austrians. If all else fails this can be done as an Amazon e book which Amazon would promote to all their customers who look at  books on similar or related … Continue reading →