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Precognition of Ep. 82: Popper

September 23, 2013 by Mark Linsenmayer 7 Comments

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A summary of the first three essays in Karl Popper's collection Conjectures and Refutations, read by Dylan Casey. We recommend listening to this before the full episode.

Read more about the topic at partiallyexaminedlife.com. A transcript is available on our Citizen site's Free Stuff page.

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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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