Monthly Archives: August 2013

Do we have an attack on fanaticism?

Do we have an attack on fanaticism? The argument in a nutshell:  (1) fanaticism feeds on “justificationism”,  that is the assumption  that everything depends on “justified true beliefs” that are revealed or supported by the correct authority; (2) The CR … Continue reading

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Talking about turns

Some reasons for talking about Popper’s “turns”. First, for more effective teaching and criticism of Popper’s ideas. Popper has reformulated some of the traditional questions and people who come to his books after they have started in the mainstream will … Continue reading

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Misreading Popper

Misreading Popper is the next book on the production line. Table of contents Preface or Introduction The turns and the standard errors introduced very briefly Popper’s Progress   Appendix I of Readers (improved) More on the turns Appendix II  of Readers … Continue reading

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The Opposition of Justification and Explanation and Its Consequences for the Scientific Realism

An explanandum is an experience we seek to explain, such as the changing seasons. An explanans is a set of claims which explain the experience, such as that the earth orbits of the sun once every 365 days, that the earth is … Continue reading

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