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Due to Sir Karl Popper’s slashing style, his writings are full of tensions and inconsistencies. However, they can be resolved by a sufficiently sympathetic reading. In this chapter the author offers such a reading. The author argues that Popper’s endorsement of Hume’s “skeptical” argument leads him to a version of reflective equilibrium theory. He, Goodman, and Quine reject the idea of a principled distinction between facts and theories and take all beliefs about the world to be theoretical and fallible.
Title: Karl Popper
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Due to Sir Karl Popper’s slashing style, his writings are full of tensions and inconsistencies.
However, they can be resolved by a sufficiently sympathetic reading.
In this chapter the author offers such a reading.
The author argues that Popper’s endorsement of Hume’s “skeptical” argument leads him to a version of reflective equilibrium theory.
He, Goodman, and Quine reject the idea of a principled distinction between facts and theories and take all beliefs about the world to be theoretical and fallible.
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