Re: Popper Was: Re: Do we differ more on values or facts?

From: Stirling Westrup (sti@cam.org)
Date: Sun Sep 10 2000 - 15:09:43 MDT


Technotranscendence wrote:

> Though I admire the work of Popper and those he influenced -- Joseph Agassi
> and William W. Bartley come to mind -- I think his falsificationism is
> merely part of the toolbox, not the whole shebang. I'd be interested to
> see reactions to my reactions to the stuff on pancritical rationalism on
> the Extropians FAQ List. My piece is at
> http://uweb.superlink.net/neptune/PCR.html (I've mentioned it on this list
> before, but got little reaction.)

I just re-read it. It makes NO sense to me. I cannot argue for or against
it, for I cannot parse it at all. It makes many references to external
philosophical ideas with the expectation that one will understand them in
sufficient detail to determine how they differ from your own. In my case,
at least, this is not so, and I find myself having retained nothing after
reading the article.

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