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The Problems of Refutation
Critical Rationalism

The Problems of Refutation

Posted on February 8, 2022June 5, 2022 by Bruce Nielson

Though I’ve always agreed with Popper-Deutsch epistemology conceptually, I’ve always been bothered by some aspects of how it seemed to handled refutations. Particularly, I’ve struggled…

Deutsch’s Epistemology
Critical Rationalism

Deutsch’s Epistemology

Posted on February 1, 2022January 22, 2022 by Bruce Nielson

In the next few posts, I’m going to address what I call the ‘problem of refutation.’ I’ve hinted at this problem in past posts, particularly…

Bold Vs Ad Hoc Theories
Critical Rationalism

Bold Vs Ad Hoc Theories

Posted on December 7, 2021February 1, 2022 by Bruce Nielson

I previously have quoted Popper on why we must not use ad hoc theories to save a theory. Popper addresses this multiple times in his…

Critical Rationalism

Examples of Rational Fallacies: Easy-To-Varyness

Posted on November 25, 2021February 1, 2022 by Bruce Nielson

Having now made an attempt to define what a rational fallacy is and how it differs from a logical fallacy (though sometimes a fallacy can…

Lorentz–Fitzgerald Contraction and The Ad Hoc Defense of Theories
Artifical General Intelligence

Lorentz–Fitzgerald Contraction and The Ad Hoc Defense of Theories

Posted on August 6, 2020November 19, 2021 by Bruce Nielson

While reading Conjecture and Refutations (p. 333) Popper noted that initially Newtonian physics was defended from the results of the Michelson and Morley experiment —…


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