The most famous example of the asymmetry of refutation and verification is that of the black swan. There is no number of white swans you…
Tag: Problems of Refutation
The following is a seeming example of an explanation that is a “best explanation” yet we never actually refute any of the competing theories. How…
Many years ago I read Roger Penrose’s books and found that he had a strong challenge to Popper’s demarcation of science based on falsifiability. This…
Upfront apologies for this post. It’s a bit messy. That’s because I’m exploring ideas that I’m confused about and I’m seeking other’s thoughts to clarify…
In my historical posts, I compared the epistemology of Kuhn and Popper and pointed out that they actually agree on a lot more than people…
While studying for school, I came across these two lectures: here and here. These lectures talk about “evidence-based medicine” which it defines as identical to…