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Hayek and Popper: smothered giants of the Twentieth Century

By Rafe Champion - posted Tuesday, 23 July 2013

7. The theory of conjectural knowledge cannot deliver justified beliefs (which we need) and we cannot get away from the need for induction.

8. Another argument against conjectural knowledge: the instrumentalist argument from technology.

9. The failure of Popper's theory of verisimilitude undermined his whole program.

10. Critical rationalism and positivism provide no platform to criticise and reform the social and political status quo. (Habermas).

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Rafe Champion brings the grafting qualities of the opening batsman and the cunning of the offspin bowler to the task of routing dogmatists, protectionists and other riff-raff who stand in the way of peace, freedom and plenty. He has a website and he blogs at Catallaxy and also at The History of Australian and New Zealand Thought. For more about Rafe visit here. All of his posts on Catallaxy for 2007 can be found at this link. Not all the links work and some need to be cut and pasted into the browser.