Precognition of Ep. 82: Popper

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1. Glen says

   August 31, 2013 at 9:30 pm

   Good; Popper was an important thinker; apparently he was a bit of a snake personally.

   Make sure the caricature has massive ears like those ferangi on star trek.

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2. Drew says

   September 9, 2013 at 8:20 pm

   Looking forward to this.

   I think ‘Conjectures and Refutations’ is an important work of his. I would also recommend, in preperation, chapter 23 of The Open Society, where he outlines his core philosophy.

   PS. Who does the art work?

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3. Yannick Kilberger says

   September 12, 2013 at 2:05 pm

   I found this interesting bit in Diogene Laerce, more precisely in Epicure’s life (and yes, since it’s the last one it means I’ve laboured my way through the two books – so I need to quote something, even if it is beside the point):

   “Of opinion, they also call it hypothesis. They say it can be either true or false. It is true if confirmed by facts or if nothing comes to invalidate the hypothesis – in the other case it is false. The fact is it lies in the future and begs for us to wait for it, just as one should uphold judgment and wait [for the confirmation of the interpretation of the data of one’s senses*]…”

   * he refers to a square tower that looks round until one gets close enough to discern its real shape.

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