[lit-ideas] Popper The Sceptic
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 16:33:52 EST
McEvoy:
"Finding a
swan 'verifies' the statement, not finding 'falsifies' it: but in neither
case is the finding built on a bedrock and so, being possibly mistaken,
neither the verification or falsification is logically conclusive. Thus our
search and our findings are still forms of guesswork."
--- This sounds strangely sceptical, but I think that's the best way to
describe Popper, then.
I see that wiki (scepticism) has an external link to an article on "a
sceptical look at Popper"
-- We have the Stoa, the Garden (Epicurus), The Academia, the Peripatos.
Must we use the boring literal _sceptic_ (from Gk. verb meaning, 'to examine')
for THIS school. Give me a metonymy anyday!
Cheers,
JL
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