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Our Epistemology So Far
Critical Rationalism

Our Epistemology So Far

Posted on November 16, 2020November 1, 2020 by Bruce Nielson

This is a historical post Well, we’ve covered a lot of ground in past posts. The problem with this ‘Reason as a Guide to Reality’…

Why Scientific Realism Wins
Computation

Why Scientific Realism Wins

Posted on November 9, 2020November 9, 2020 by Bruce Nielson

This is a historical post In my last post, I quoted Stephen Hawking’s defense of Positivism / Anti-Realism. He even goes so far as to suggest…

Stephen Hawking’s Defense of Positivism
Critical Rationalism

Stephen Hawking’s Defense of Positivism

Posted on November 2, 2020November 1, 2020 by Bruce Nielson

This is a historical post In my last post I finished comparing Popper and Kuhn and again concluded that there really isn’t much difference between the…

Popper’s Response to Kuhn
Critical Rationalism

Popper’s Response to Kuhn

Posted on October 26, 2020November 1, 2020 by Bruce Nielson

This is a historical post In my last post I reviewed Kuhn’s ideas on how the growth of scientific knowledge takes place. I found that, contrary…

Kuhn vs. Popper: Kuhn’s Challenge to Popper
Critical Rationalism

Kuhn vs. Popper: Kuhn’s Challenge to Popper

Posted on October 19, 2020November 1, 2020 by Bruce Nielson

This is a historical post. Note: Perhaps many of you will be disturbed by my argument here that Kuhn and Popper aren’t so far apart…

How We Gain Knowledge: Conjecture and Refutation
Critical Rationalism

How We Gain Knowledge: Conjecture and Refutation

Posted on October 12, 2020November 1, 2020 by Bruce Nielson

This is a historical post. In this older post (before The Beginning of Infinity was even published) I actually champion Taleb’s idea that we do…

Francis Bacon vs. Karl Popper: The Fallacy of Observationalism
Critical Rationalism

Francis Bacon vs. Karl Popper: The Fallacy of Observationalism

Posted on October 5, 2020November 1, 2020 by Bruce Nielson

This is a historical post. In my last post I argued that, contrary to popular belief, science is not actually about observation. Here I wish to…

What is Science: Is Science about Observation or Falsification?
Critical Rationalism

What is Science: Is Science about Observation or Falsification?

Posted on September 28, 2020October 19, 2020 by Bruce Nielson

This is a historical post. I was not aware of Duhem Quine when I wrote this. The Beginning of Infinity had not even been published,…

Algorithmic Reducibility
Computation

Algorithmic Reducibility

Posted on September 21, 2020November 1, 2020 by Bruce Nielson

This is a historical post. The idea of “algorithmic reducibility” seemed “obvious” to me at the time. I’m not really sure anymore. Is that really…

What is Science: Is Science about Reductionism or Holism?
Critical Rationalism

What is Science: Is Science about Reductionism or Holism?

Posted on September 14, 2020November 1, 2020 by Bruce Nielson

This is a historical post. In my last post, I discussed Scientific Realism vs. Positivism. The conclusion I drew was that, while both are useful points…

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