Anna Krylov – Uncommon Descent

At one time, academic ideologues were just bores. Then they discovered politics…

But does anyone really believe that the “silent liberal majority” will ever really fight back? As opposed to morphing into Bores-for-Life by sacrificing everyone and everything that the new fascists want? So far not looking good.

relatd Andrew at 106, ID must be denied... and denied... and denied, etc. – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
jerry Bornagain77 Thank you for posting this article A Power Grid in Muscle Cells Has Profound Design Implications It is something... – If two snowflakes are identical, does...
critical rationalist Conjecture has to “survive” criticism and tests. Clearly, *somehow* criticism & tests are sources of unquestionable truth. Cleary? They are... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
PyrrhoManiac1 I think there's something actually quite philosophically and psychologically interesting about how Plato understood what's become known as "the JTB... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
critical rationalist See the problems? Do I see the problems for you, as a justificationist? Yes. But you're projecting that problem on... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
Origenes KF @105 Excellent commentary and summary. The unexplained privileged status of criticism in Popper’s concept jumps out at me. Conjecture... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
kairosfocus CR, both can be true, as say the schools level "scientific method" highlights. Laws and theories are posed to explain... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
critical rationalist To clarify, empiricism was an improvement in that it emphasized empirical observations. However, it got the role of empirical observations... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
asauber "since we can never know for certain, there can be no authority here for any claim to authority" Some simply... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
kairosfocus F/N: Popper's introductory summary, in Preface to Conjectures and Refutations, with brief comments and a few notes following. Note, we... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
Origenes CR @ Hyper skepticism is a claim that we know nothing. I’m not a hyper skeptic. This a false dilemma.... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
critical rationalist @KF CR: While this seemed like a good foundation roughly 100 years ago, when empiricism was conceived, KF: Not relevant... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
critical rationalist 1: No-one has sought to define knowledge as justified, true belief, as a clue, consider the import of “warrant” in... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
critical rationalist @Origenes 99 I have made an earlier attempt to read this alleged “refutation” of Dykes and failed. An earlier attempt... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
critical rationalist PyrrhoManiac1 Slightly off-topic, but related: I recently read Erik Larson’s The Myth of Artificial Intelligence in which abduction — or... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
Origenes CR @98 I have made an earlier attempt to read this alleged "refutation" of Dykes and failed. Totally unreadable. – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
critical rationalist @Origenes Your advice, please. While you could have searched for it, the link to the refutation of Dykes on Popper... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
bornagain77 Off topic: A Power Grid in Muscle Cells Has Profound Design Implications David Coppedge - March 27, 2023 Excerpt: Research... – If two snowflakes are identical, does...
Origenes With all the negativity aimed at "empiricism", and the intense distrust of our senses, one has to wonder how fallibilism... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
kairosfocus CR, continuing, on theory laden observations etc, per your clip: >>Empiricism is the idea that all knowledge comes to us... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...
PyrrhoManiac1 I don't know much Popper, but from what's being reported here about his views, I should give him some serious... – L&FP, 67: So-called "critical rationalism" and...