Tag Archives: Karl Popper

David Stove and the Plato cult

Posted on November 7, 2009 by Aschwin de Wolf

David Stove’s book The Plato Cult and Other Philosophical Follies is a remarkable collection of essays. As a staunch positivist ,the author is not impressed with most of what constitutes “philosophy” (or the quality of our thinking in general). As … Continue reading →

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Karl Popper and Rudolf Carnap revisited

Posted on August 15, 2009 by Aschwin de Wolf

In his classic book Significance and Basic Postulates of Economic Theory (1938) Terence W. Hutchison  makes the case for economics as an empirical science. An interesting aspect about this book is the ease with which Terence W. Hutchison uses logical … Continue reading →

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Avoiding Karl Popper

Posted on February 6, 2009 by Aschwin de Wolf

The philosopher Karl Popper has published on a wide variety of subjects but his most lasting contribution is his answer to the problem of induction by drawing attention to the asymmetry between verification and falsification. A theory can never be … Continue reading →

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