Monthly Archives: May 2012

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 →