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Bartley wrote another long paper (more than 10,000 words) to demonstrate how the dominant philosophy of physics is refuted by biology (and is defective as the philosophy of physics). The paper begins with an exchange between Popper and a leading physicist, … Continue reading →

Some time ago in this essay on the three world theory and literary criticism I suggested that there was a degree of similarity in at least one of the problems confronted by Popper and Wittgenstein. Wittgenstein, like Popper and Piaget, … Continue reading →

Anthony de Jasay is one of my favorite commentators, he is a libertarian or very strong liberal and a regular columnist even in his old age.  A search reveals that he is Hungarian born and spent time in both Austria … Continue reading →

Roger James Return to Reason Summary of Bartley’s paper A Popperian Harvest   Simkin Book Part I  Simkin Book Part II 

Xmas bookshopping, found the fourth volume of Sir Anthony Kenny’s history of western philosophy dealing with modern times, starting with Bentham to Neitzsche, then Pierce to Strawson, then Freud to Derrida, Logic, Language, Epistemology, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind, Ethics, Aesthetics, Politics, … Continue reading →

Interesting stuff on line this week (may not all be new, can be things that I just found this week). http://catallaxyfiles.com/2010/12/10/rafes-roundup-10-dec/

Some more  helpful resources, Joe Agassi on “institutional individualism” possibly the best take on Popper’s methodological individualism, modified to take full account of the role of institutions. Warning, this is a very big file! A recent paper by Agassi and … Continue reading →

An article by Deborah Redman in the Journal of Economic Issues, 1994. “Karl Popper’s Theory of Science and Econometrics: The Rise and Decline of Social Engineering”. Have not had time to read this yet, will look forward to that tomorrow. … Continue reading →

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The paper on the “convergence” of Talcott Parsons, Ludwig von Mises and Karl Popper during the 1930s has got the thumbs down from two out of three referees with a local history of ideas in economics journal. Comments on the … Continue reading →