Could science, if properly understood, provide us with the methodological key to the salvation of humanity? That is a chief question coursing through the works of Karl Popper, who famously maintained that science cannot verify theories but only refute them, thereby bringing abou…
Rev. ed. of: Popper. 1973. Bibliography: p. 117-119.
Karl Popper long ago diagnosed the logical problems of traditional enlightenment rationalism, but instead of pretending that they are readily solved or embracing irrational defeatism, he provided a cogent and liberating rationalist alternative. This book promotes, defends, criti…
"David Miller is the foremost exponent of the purist critical rationalist doctrine and here presents his mature views, discussing the role that logic and argument play in the growth of knowledge, criticizing the common understanding of argument as an instrument of justification,…
"David Miller is the foremost exponent of the purist critical rationalist doctrine and here presents his mature views, discussing the role that logic and argument play in the growth of knowledge, criticizing the common understanding of argument as an instrument of justification,…
