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ToA Episode 42: Popper without Refutation & Resolving the Problems of Refutation (part 2)
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ToA Episode 42: Popper without Refutation & Resolving the Problems of Refutation (part 2)

Posted on March 29, 2022March 28, 2022 by Bruce Nielson

Over the years Bruce collected a series of ‘problems’ with the Popperian concept of refutation. Or so he thought. A chance encounter with Popper scholar…

Popper Without “Refutation”
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Popper Without “Refutation”

Posted on March 21, 2022March 23, 2022 by Bruce Nielson

By Bruce Nielson Full Presentation Available at The Theory of Anything Podcast, Episode 41 Thomas Kuhn’s Challenge to Popper In Thomas Kuhn’s The Structure of…

Theory of Anything Episode 41: The Problems of Refutation & Popper Without Refutation (part 1)
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Theory of Anything Episode 41: The Problems of Refutation & Popper Without Refutation (part 1)

Posted on March 17, 2022March 16, 2022 by Bruce Nielson

Over the years Bruce collected a series of ‘problems’ with the Popperian concept of refutation. Or so he thought. A chance encounter with Popper scholar…

Danny Frederick on Refutation vs Rejection
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Danny Frederick on Refutation vs Rejection

Posted on December 16, 2021December 15, 2021 by Bruce Nielson

A while back I had a long Facebook conversation with Danny Frederick, a well-known scholar of Popper. We kept talking past each other, so I…

Tentative Verification vs Tentative Refutation
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Tentative Verification vs Tentative Refutation

Posted on April 22, 2021January 29, 2022 by Bruce Nielson

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…

An Example of a “Best Theory” Without Refuting Competitors
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An Example of a “Best Theory” Without Refuting Competitors

Posted on April 8, 2021April 8, 2021 by Bruce Nielson

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…

Roger Penrose Challenges Popper’s Falsifiability Criteria
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Roger Penrose Challenges Popper’s Falsifiability Criteria

Posted on March 11, 2021January 22, 2022 by Bruce Nielson

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 is…

Are Hypotheses Naively Refutable?
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Are Hypotheses Naively Refutable?

Posted on February 18, 2021February 18, 2021 by Bruce Nielson

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…

Naïve Falsification vs Theory-to-Theory Comparison
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Naïve Falsification vs Theory-to-Theory Comparison

Posted on January 28, 2021February 6, 2022 by Bruce Nielson

Note: I have changed my mind about what I say in this post due to communicating with Danny Frederick. I am now convinced that Popper…


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