Journal of Philosophical Investigations
Popper’s Open Society and Its Problems
Popper’s Open Society and Its Problems

Jeremy Shearmur

دوره 17، شماره 42 ، خرداد 1402، ، صفحه 188-204

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2023.16583

چکیده
  After offering an overview of some of the main themes of Popper’s political thought, the paper argues that his account faces two problems relating to institutions. The first is that while Popper stresses the ‘rational unity of mankind’, and the potential for any of us to furnish criticisms of public policy, it is not clear what institutional ...  بیشتر
Is it more reasonable for a critical rationalist to be non-religious?
Is it more reasonable for a critical rationalist to be non-religious?

Jeremy Shearmur

دوره 17، شماره 42 ، خرداد 1402، ، صفحه 317-331

https://doi.org/10.22034/jpiut.2023.16590

چکیده
  This paper argues that it is not reasonable for a critical rationalist to be a religious believer in the Abrahamic tradition. The argument is distinctive, in that it takes seriously the critical rationalist view that we should abandon ‘justificationist’ argument. What this means, is that the structure of argument then becomes a matter of offering ...  بیشتر