If you came to Popper via Deutsch, you probably either don’t know about Popper’s three worlds or, if you do, you perhaps have no use…
Tag: Problems of Refutation
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…
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…