Popper's ideas arounse strong reactions. Some people love them, some hate them and many ignore them. I am writing a piece for a lay audiece, focussed on three...
Rafe Champion
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Feb 1, 2003 12:36 pm
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I would like to draw attention to a challenging paper from the Vienna conference which is in the Rathouse forum. "Popper, Laws, and the Exclusion of Biology"...
Rafe Champion
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Feb 1, 2003 10:50 pm
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... I used to be highly impressed but am more wary. ... I suspect Popper might. ... Yes, but then *in that respect* they were not hard to follow; they induced ...
... What is "unproven" is its implications or upshot is as regards the validity of Popper's philosophy: Putnam, unlike Ken, seems to have thought the answer ...
... hand). Neither do I, but we can still address the core issue. If we go about telling people that we say X but might mean X+A, then there is no boldness of...
Thank you for your excellently written post. Comments below. ... Yes, no sketch of Popper's replies is given. ... Falsifiability as a logical notion that...
... by ... I think I agree. But I think this is the gist of Popper's reply to Putnam and Lakatos: and he says scientists typically do interpret theories in the...
Karun, ... hand). KP>Neither do I, but we can still address the core issue. If we go about ... 'X' doesn't mean 'X+A', and there's nothing whatever in Popper's...
... which ... Ken, I thought not. Yet, you once wrote that AS1 and AS2 are implied so Popper had already said the same thing that Putnam was now saying. Also,...
Similarly, I can understand your point that Popper ... This is a difficult one. By saying "good point" you might just encourage lax reading habits, and this...
... lax ... Donal, So are you here defending the position that we can have a blanket pre-condition that X means X+A and we don't have to cede the point? Ken...
Karun, KAH>'X' doesn't mean 'X+A', and there's nothing whatever in Popper's views ... KP>Ken, ... You must have me confused with someone else. I never...
... suggesting ... close ... to ... definition ... that ... Ken, I thought we had established that AS1 and AS2 are different from initial conditions or initial...
... Well Putnam did not ask for clarification from Popper on this point: he said Popper missed the point. This might explain Popper's contrary stand. Or are...
Karun, KAH>No, I did not say that Popper "implied AS1 and AS2". You seem to be ... KP>Ken, ... Yes, but let us say rather that we agreed, not that we have...
Housekeeping the "in" box Apologies for turning up late for the party, I did not have time to follow the posts on this topic but it is possible that my article...
Rafe Champion
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Feb 2, 2003 9:10 pm
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Today I checked the book by David Oldroyd which I cited in the reivew of Ian Jarvie's book. It turned out that Oldroyd had not himself picked out ten or...
Rafe Champion
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Feb 3, 2003 3:28 am
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Dear Mr. McEvoy, I thank you for your response. You have written: "Below I point out inadequacies in Thornton's article that you might wish to consider." Thank...
There are two separate issues: Is Thornton correct in his understanding of Popper? Is Popper correct in his theory? I suggest no to the first and yes to the...
By oversight I posted a mistaken second last line in this paragraph today. ... I should have obviously said, and meant to say: "This makes 'non-xA at Y' more...
... and ... Now Mr. McEvoy writes: "No, it is a BS. From 'A at Y' it does not follow that it must be also an 'non-x A at Y'. But from there is a 'non-x A at Y'...
... Regarding this rather straightforward and innocent passage, I had ... Now Mr. Rafe Champion objects: "THAT IS PRECISELY WHAT HE SAID IN THE PASSAGE WHICH...
Before proceeding futher I would like to have an answer to the two questions which I asked previously. 1. What is your purpose in talking about isolated...
Rafe Champion
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Feb 3, 2003 11:26 pm
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Mr McEvoy, Your recent gloss on Thornton's essay was most helpful, and your views have been clarified. Thank you for that. I was indeed hoping that the points...
Recently, I've been trying to consolidate my notes on a variety of different topics and themes. My goal is as follows: once I have enough of these notes...
Regarding Archives. (This is not important, but if you must know read on ...) Some people might have been surprised when I said that archives are at 65 percent...
I was, until recently, rather impressed by Keith Windschuttle. I had enthusiastically forwarded some of the pieces presented by Rafe on this forum to friends. ...
I happen to have a "new" copy of Windschuttle's book (ok, so it'a a few years old but for some reason I haven't got around to reading it yet so it still looks...
Thanks Daniel, this is a timely reminder to reserve judgement on people when we only have a commentary by hostile critics in our hands. Think how Popper fares...
Rafe Champion
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Feb 4, 2003 11:48 am
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Never mind, he does go on to discuss that point. The way the passage is presented is misleading, but I'm not sure whether it's intentional or just sloppy. It...
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