Comments on: Critical Preferences http://www.criticalrationalism.net/2010/02/28/critical-preferences/ An exploration of critical rationalism Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:59:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alan Forrester http://www.criticalrationalism.net/2010/02/28/critical-preferences/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Alan Forrester Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:49:49 +0000 http://www.criticalrationalism.net/?p=179#comment-31 I think that is an accurate summary of the way Popper thought about this issue. I think that is an accurate summary of the way Popper thought about this issue.

]]> By: Joe Firestone http://www.criticalrationalism.net/2010/02/28/critical-preferences/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Joe Firestone Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:18:56 +0000 http://www.criticalrationalism.net/?p=179#comment-25 Looks like my bit.ly link above to the Riskonomics excerpt isn't working. Here's another: http://bit.ly/Riskonomicskce Looks like my bit.ly link above to the Riskonomics excerpt isn’t working. Here’s another:

http://bit.ly/Riskonomicskce

]]> By: Joe Firestone http://www.criticalrationalism.net/2010/02/28/critical-preferences/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Joe Firestone Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:11:05 +0000 http://www.criticalrationalism.net/?p=179#comment-24 Hi Elliot, I've written a good bit about the problem and the solution, and I think your general statement of it is both good and fair. Here are some blog posts that deal with the idea of fair critical comparison, the guiding idea I use to approach "critical preference." http://kmci.org/alllifeisproblemsolving/?s=%27Fair+Critical+Comparison%22 These three posts are probably most relevant: http://kmci.org/alllifeisproblemsolving/archives/the-problem-solving-pattern-matters-part-nine-enhancing-developing-solutions-evaluating-and-selecting-among-new-ideas/ http://kmci.org/alllifeisproblemsolving/archives/the-problem-solving-pattern-matters-part-ten-more-on-enhancing-developing-solutions-evaluating-and-selecting-among-new-ideas/ http://kmci.org/alllifeisproblemsolving/archives/the-problem-solving-pattern-matters-part-eleven-still-more-on-enhancing-developing-solutions-evaluating-and-selecting-among-new-ideas/ Also, in a book co-authored with Mark W. McElroy I've probably developed my ideas about critical preference in most detail. The book is Key Issues in the New Knowledge Management, Elsevier, 2003. The material on critical preferences is in Chapter 5 and the Appendix to Chapter 5. http://books.google.com/books?id=volp4C27TZoC&dq=Joseph+M.+Firestone In that Appendix I offer two formal approaches to measuring "truthlikeness" based on critical preferences. I don't believe my work imports justificationism in through the back door. So, if you can show that it does, that would be a decisive criticism from my point of view. I also have a more informal treatment in an excerpt from a book in process called Riskonomics: Reducing Risk By Killing Your Worst Ideas here: http://bit.ly/cK5TdA hope you find these useful. Best, Joe Hi Elliot, I’ve written a good bit about the problem and the solution, and I think your general statement of it is both good and fair. Here are some blog posts that deal with the idea of fair critical comparison, the guiding idea I use to approach “critical preference.”

http://kmci.org/alllifeisproblemsolving/?s=%27Fair+Critical+Comparison%22

These three posts are probably most relevant:

http://kmci.org/alllifeisproblemsolving/archives/the-problem-solving-pattern-matters-part-nine-enhancing-developing-solutions-evaluating-and-selecting-among-new-ideas/

http://kmci.org/alllifeisproblemsolving/archives/the-problem-solving-pattern-matters-part-ten-more-on-enhancing-developing-solutions-evaluating-and-selecting-among-new-ideas/

http://kmci.org/alllifeisproblemsolving/archives/the-problem-solving-pattern-matters-part-eleven-still-more-on-enhancing-developing-solutions-evaluating-and-selecting-among-new-ideas/

Also, in a book co-authored with Mark W. McElroy I’ve probably developed my ideas about critical preference in most detail. The book is Key Issues in the New Knowledge Management, Elsevier, 2003. The material on critical preferences is in Chapter 5 and the Appendix to Chapter 5.

http://books.google.com/books?id=volp4C27TZoC&dq=Joseph+M.+Firestone

In that Appendix I offer two formal approaches to measuring “truthlikeness” based on critical preferences. I don’t believe my work imports justificationism in through the back door. So, if you can show that it does, that would be a decisive criticism from my point of view.

I also have a more informal treatment in an excerpt from a book in process called Riskonomics: Reducing Risk By Killing Your Worst Ideas here:

http://bit.ly/cK5TdA

hope you find these useful.

Best,

Joe

]]> By: argumentics http://www.criticalrationalism.net/2010/02/28/critical-preferences/comment-page-1/#comment-23 argumentics Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:04:00 +0000 http://www.criticalrationalism.net/?p=179#comment-23 My English is untidy 'cause it's such an early 'morngin'. My English is untidy ’cause it’s such an early ‘morngin’.

]]> By: argumentics http://www.criticalrationalism.net/2010/02/28/critical-preferences/comment-page-1/#comment-22 argumentics Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:02:43 +0000 http://www.criticalrationalism.net/?p=179#comment-22 I have just discovered this blog. I know that, on a theoretical level - as pompous as it may sound - we are strongly connected. Sometime this month I'll post some reviews of Karl Popper's <i>Open Society</i>, on which I'll be glad to have you're re-review by comments. Keep up! I have just discovered this blog. I know that, on a theoretical level – as pompous as it may sound – we are strongly connected. Sometime this month I’ll post some reviews of Karl Popper’s Open Society, on which I’ll be glad to have you’re re-review by comments. Keep up!

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