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Miller, David (2014) Nine remarks provoked by two recent papers by Grünbaum. UNSPECIFIED. (Unpublished)
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Abstract
The titles of two recent papers [1976a], [1976b] by Professor Grünbaum pose two questions, negative answers to which would seem to strike at the heart of the methodology developed by Sir Karl Popper ([1934] and later writings). Grünbaum does not exactly answer these questions in the negative, nor in the affirmative either; after involved discussion he simply concludes that Popper has in neither case adequately defended an affirmative answer (pp. 22f., 136). On the subject of the first of these questions — ‘Can a theory answer more questions than one of its rivals?’ — it seems to me that Grünbaum’s exposition is substantially correct — as substantial as it is correct, no doubt, but nevertheless on pretty well the right lines. However, I am rather unimpressed by Grünbaum’s impressive arguments for his conclusion. What is more, a negative answer here, though undeniably serious, does not appear to be a complete disaster. My first remark elaborates on this.
| Item Type: | Scholarly Text | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) | ||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Philosophy | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Grünbaum, Adolf, Popper, Karl R. (Karl Raimund), 1902-1994 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | 13 December 2014 | ||||||||
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| Number of Pages: | 24 | ||||||||
| Status: | Not Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Unpublished | ||||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | This paper belongs to the author. Please note that unpublished papers are subject to correction, revision, and modernization, without explicit notice. No version, current or obsolete, of any of these papers and lectures should be cited in print without the author's written permission. | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
| Copyright Holders: | D. W. Miller | ||||||||
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