[lit-ideas] Re: Pinning down the meaning, or not
- From: "Lawrence Helm" <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:56:52 -0700
Actually, that is my opinion as well, but I wanted to hedge it to avoid a
notorious Lit-Ideas quibble. If I were a proper Popperian I would have
advanced it boldly and waited for a Lit-idear to falsify it. I've tried to
falsify it myself and haven't managed it. But yes, I wouldn't think this a
popular notion. I regularly encounter people who advance unclear ideas and
take offense when someone points out the ambiguities in them.
Lawrence
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Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Pinning down the meaning, or not
--- On Wed, 22/6/11, Lawrence Helm <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>JL,
It is almost impossible to say or write anything at all complicated that cannot
be misunderstood,>
Popper would extend this - he would drop the qualification "at all complicated"
and "almost" - it is impossible to write even the simplest thing so that it
cannot be misunderstood. The reception of Popper's work, which tries to be as
simple as clear as possible, is itself a shining example, but one that is
partly explained because Popper's non-justificationist view of 'knowledge' is
so different to that of most professional philosophers.
Donal
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