Karl Popper, Science and Enightenment
Here is an idea that just might save the world. It is that science, properly understood, provides us with the methodological key to the salvation of humanity. A version of this idea can be found in the works of Karl Popper. Famously, Popper argued that science cannot verify theories but can only ref...
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| description | Here is an idea that just might save the world. It is that science, properly understood, provides us with the methodological key to the salvation of humanity. A version of this idea can be found in the works of Karl Popper. Famously, Popper argued that science cannot verify theories but can only refute them, and this is how science makes progress. Scientists are forced to think up something better, and it is this, according to Popper, that drives science forward. But Nicholas Maxwell finds a flaw in this line of argument. Physicists only ever accept theories that are unified – theories that depict the same laws applying to the range of phenomena to which the theory applies – even though many other empirically more successful disunified theories are always available. This means that science makes a questionable assumption about the universe, namely that all disunified theories are false. Without some such presupposition as this, the whole empirical method of science breaks down. By proposing a new conception of scientific methodology, which can be applied to all worthwhile human endeavours with problematic aims, Maxwell argues for a revolution in academic inquiry to help humanity make progress towards a better, more civilized and enlightened world. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-265392025-07-30T08:59:14Z Karl Popper, Science and Enightenment Maxwell, Nicholas civilization reason karl popper the enlightenment science intellectual revolution education Albert Einstein Alberta Order of Excellence Empiricism Falsifiability Metaphysics Physicalism Quantum mechanics Scientific method Theoretical physics thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics::CFA Philosophy of language thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDH Philosophical traditions and schools of thought thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTK Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics::CFA Philosophy of language thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDH Philosophical traditions and schools of thought thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTK Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge Here is an idea that just might save the world. It is that science, properly understood, provides us with the methodological key to the salvation of humanity. A version of this idea can be found in the works of Karl Popper. Famously, Popper argued that science cannot verify theories but can only refute them, and this is how science makes progress. Scientists are forced to think up something better, and it is this, according to Popper, that drives science forward. But Nicholas Maxwell finds a flaw in this line of argument. Physicists only ever accept theories that are unified – theories that depict the same laws applying to the range of phenomena to which the theory applies – even though many other empirically more successful disunified theories are always available. This means that science makes a questionable assumption about the universe, namely that all disunified theories are false. Without some such presupposition as this, the whole empirical method of science breaks down. By proposing a new conception of scientific methodology, which can be applied to all worthwhile human endeavours with problematic aims, Maxwell argues for a revolution in academic inquiry to help humanity make progress towards a better, more civilized and enlightened world. 2021-02-10T12:58:18Z 2017-08-01 23:55:55 2019-01-11 13:45:08 2020-04-01T13:26:10Z 2017 book 636791 OCN: 1192302804 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/31176 9781787350397 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/26539 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International Attribution 4.0 International Attribution 4.0 International Attribution 4.0 International Attribution 4.0 International Attribution 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/31176/1/636791.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/31176/1/636791.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/31176/1/636791.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/31176/1/636791.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/31176/1/636791.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/31176/1/636791.pdf UCL Press 10.2307/j.ctt1vxm8p6 10.2307/j.ctt1vxm8p6 29b9f0a3-1b0d-4bdd-99d7-b4d3432d7fcc 9781787350397 390 open access |
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| title | Karl Popper, Science and Enightenment |
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| topic | civilization reason karl popper the enlightenment science intellectual revolution education Albert Einstein Alberta Order of Excellence Empiricism Falsifiability Metaphysics Physicalism Quantum mechanics Scientific method Theoretical physics thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics::CFA Philosophy of language thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDH Philosophical traditions and schools of thought thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTK Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics::CFA Philosophy of language thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDH Philosophical traditions and schools of thought thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTK Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge |
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