Everything about Critical rationalism
Epistemological philosophy advanced by Karl Popper
Critical rationalism is Karl Popper's answer to what he considered the most important problems of epistemology and philosophy of science: the problems of the growth of knowledge, notably by induction, and the demarcation of science. He adopted a fallibilist approach to these problems, especially that of induction, without falling into skepticism. His approach was to put in perspective the distinctive role of deductive logic in the development of knowledge, especially in science, in the context of a less rigorous methodology based on critical thinking. The central technical concept in the application of critical rationalism to science is falsifiability. Popper first mentioned the term "critical rationalism" in The Open Society and Its Enemies (1945) and also later in Conjectures and Refutations (1963), Unended Quest (1976), and The Myth of the Framework (1994). Wikipedia →
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- Pick up a classic book: Selected writingsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
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đź“– Definitions
Noun The proposition that scientific theories, and any other claims to knowledge, can and should be rationally criticized, and, if they have empirical content, can and should be subjected to tests which may falsify them.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
- Fallibilism, not skepticism
- Tarski's semantic theory of truth
- The role of methodology
- Marxism and politics
- Psychoanalysis
- Falsifiability, probability statement and metaphysics
- Critical thinking, not support
- Justified true belief versus objective knowledge
- Bayesianism vs conjecture and refutation
- Popper's break with positivism
- Variations
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Critical Values for Cointegration Tests in Heterogeneous Panels with Multiple Regressors
Duration of hypotension before initiation of effective antimicrobial therapy is the critical determinant of survival in human septic shock*
Experimental and theoretical challenges in the search for the quark–gluon plasma: The STAR Collaboration's critical assessment of the evidence from RHIC collisions
Critical Rationalism and Planning Methodology
Comprehensively Critical Rationalism
Critical rationalism and engineering: ontology
Critical Rationalism (Gomory’s Blurry Theory) or Positivism (Thyer’s Theoretical Myopia)
The revolt against rationalism: Feyerabend's critical philosophy
🆕 Influential since 2022
A critical review on graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4)-based materials: Preparation, modification and environmental application
Creativity, Critical Thinking, Communication, and Collaboration: Assessment, Certification, and Promotion of 21st Century Skills for the Future of Work and Education
A critical review on the current technologies for the generation, storage, and transportation of hydrogen
Is enzyme immobilization a mature discipline? Some critical considerations to capitalize on the benefits of immobilization
2022 Society of Critical Care Medicine Clinical Practice Guidelines on Prevention and Management of Pain, Agitation, Neuromuscular Blockade, and Delirium in Critically Ill Pediatric Patients With Consideration of the ICU Environment and Early Mobility
đź“š Books worth reading
Selected writingsSamuel Johnson · 1965- 📕Critical Rationalism and GlobalizationMasoud Mohammadi Alamuti · 2015
- 📕Critical Rationalism and the Theory of SocietyMasoud Mohammadi Alamuti · 2021
Education and the Limits of ReasonPeter Roberts, Herner Saeverot · 2017
Forgery in ChristianityJoseph Wheless · 1930
The retreat to commitmentWilliam Warren Bartley · 1962
Euripides the rationalistArthur Woollgar Verrall · 1895
Karl Poppers kritischer Rationalismus heuteJan M. Böhm, Heiko Holweg · 2002
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