Pragmatic Rationalism; Popper, Bartley and varieties of rationalism
Rational discussion guides, but does not compel individual decisions, and the best process of inquiry and decision should vary with a person’s goals and situation. Sir Karl Popper noted that after a result of observation or experiment has been obtained by independent researchers, scientists agree to...
| 出版年: | Journal of Philosophical Investigations |
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| フォーマット: | 論文 |
| 言語: | 英語 |
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University of Tabriz, Faculty of Literature and Forigen Languages
2023-05-01
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| オンライン･アクセス: | https://philosophy.tabrizu.ac.ir/article_16580_d3bead7a6e3961321c819e4605cc3a69.pdf |
| 要約: | Rational discussion guides, but does not compel individual decisions, and the best process of inquiry and decision should vary with a person’s goals and situation. Sir Karl Popper noted that after a result of observation or experiment has been obtained by independent researchers, scientists agree to reject as false theories that are contradicted by accepted facts. Popper, though, wrongly assumed this consensus also applies to acceptance for purposes of research. In reality researchers develop competing theories about which evidence is currently in conflict, and sometimes even refuting the theories in their current form. Further, Popper asserted that only negative arguments should be used in rational inquiry. In reality, productive inquiry involves also positive arguments, even in science. Positive considerations such as which basic theories are justified by the researcher’s preferred metaphysics, or what theories in applied science are justified by existing accepted basic theories, are also used productively |
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| ISSN: | 2251-7960 2423-4419 |