Here is an interesting quote from Karl Popper on the value of a dogmatic attitude: …I also [later] realized the opposite: the value of a…
Author: Bruce Nielson
Brett Hall and I had a discussion about Popper’s views on “corroboration” that I found interesting. I’d ask of Popper, were he alive “What problem…
In this episode, Sadia Naeem proposes solutions to the previously discussed problems and Bruce offers some gentle criticisms.
Popper discusses the “Bucket Theory of Mind” in the book Objective Knowledge. David Deutsch and fans mention this theory all the time, often talking about…
So if the so-called logical fallacies are usually misapplied in rational discussions, might there be some other types of fallacies that apply to rational discussions…
I came across the following quote where Popper describes theories that aren’t comparable, which seems to be the same concept of Kuhn’s “incommensurability.” In general…
In this episode, Sadia Naeem continues the discussion about unsolved problems in physics. This time we talk about (among many other things) symmetry and novelty.
On Twitter, I’ve been putting quotes I’ve come across that use language that, in the past, I’ve seen Popperians call out or even go so…
Everyone knows about the “logical fallacies.” There are whole books and websites (for example: here, here, and here) written about them. People trot them out…
Popper actually left a bit of room for doubt about the non-existence of ‘certain truth.’ Here is the quote: As soon as we take objective…