Karl Popper – Emergence University

Is Popper’s Deductive Method Too Basic?

BySteven January 11, 2023January 11, 2023

Basic? Not really. For instance, one of Popper’s main drives appears to be what at first glance seems to be a simple question: How do we differentiate between science and pseudoscience? To me, that he posited a possible solution to this problem is an act of courage. That he dared to find fault in the…

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Who Was More Right, Thomas Kuhn or Karl Popper?

BySteven January 11, 2023January 11, 2023

First, I find this question especially insightful. Juxtaposing these two men and their work reveals a lot about science’s internal struggles. In the broadest sense, then, all science looks to reduce infinitely complex, real world things to brief (by comparison) and useful descriptions of their nature. The problem, which both Popper and Kuhn tried to…