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Volume & Issue: Volume 17, Issue 42, articles, June 2023, Pages 1-320 ( Special İssue: Critical Rationalism)
Number of Articles: 26
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Volume 17, Issue 42 , June 2023
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View the Cover Page/Volume & Issue: Volume 17, Issue 42, articles, June 2023, Pages 1-373 ( Special Issue: Critical Rationalism) - Guest editor: Professor Ali Paya Read More
Obituary; Ian Charles Jarvie (8th July 1937-16th May 2023)
Volume 17, Issue 42 , June 2023
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Obituary; Ian Charles Jarvie (8th July 1937-16th May 2023) Read More
Karl Popper in Africa: Liberal-Communitarianism as Ideology for Democratic Social Reconstruction
Volume 17, Issue 42 , June 2023, Pages 1-12
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This paper examines the liberal society that Popper lauds, that aims to be truly open, and discusses why another, more communitarian kind of society, particularly societies in Africa, ... Read More
Popper in Greece
Volume 17, Issue 42 , June 2023, Pages 13-22
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Notwithstanding Karl Popper’s deep admiration for ancient Greece and his affection for modern Greece, his work has been mostly viewed with caution by Greek scholars who, until ... Read More
Popper in Latin America
Volume 17, Issue 42 , June 2023, Pages 23-39
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The reception and influence of Popper’s philosophy of science and his political philosophy in Latin America have depended heavily on the translation of his major works originally ... Read More
The Effects of Critical Rationalism on the Development of Critical Thinking Abilities; A Case Study with Senior High School Students in Manizales, Colombia
Volume 17, Issue 42 , June 2023, Pages 40-54
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Fostering critical thinking among senior high school students in Colombia has been an unfulfilled goal. This undesirable situation has multiple causes: “critical thinking” ... Read More
Some Setbacks in the Reception of Popper in Japan
Volume 17, Issue 42 , June 2023, Pages 55-79
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The reception of Popper in Japan has not been a glorious history up to the present day. There have been numerous misunderstandings and distortions. It is important to record and discuss ... Read More
Critical Rationalism and the Internet
Volume 17, Issue 42 , June 2023, Pages 80-90
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The aim of this paper is to consider whether critical rationalism has any ideas which could usefully be applied to the internet. Today we tend to take the internet for granted ... Read More
Critical Rationalism and Post-Truth
Volume 17, Issue 42 , June 2023, Pages 91-106
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'Post-truth' has become a buzzword for numerous current crises: the fragmentation of the media landscape, the ongoing debate about 'fake news', the loss of trust in science, etc. Although ... Read More
The Experimental Philosophy or Francis Bacon’s Elenchus
Volume 17, Issue 42 , June 2023, Pages 107-126
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Critical rationalism faces difficulty in Karl Popper’s Socratic formulation: “I may be wrong, and you may be right, and by an effort, we may find the truth.” But the ... Read More
Situational Analysis of Scientific Traditions: Popper´s hermeneutical and political turn in philosophy of science
Volume 17, Issue 42 , June 2023, Pages 127-139
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Our analysis of Popper’s philosophy of science focuses on his concepts of tradition and situational analysis. These concepts represent innovative Popperian contributions to a ... Read More
Pragmatic Rationalism; Popper, Bartley and varieties of rationalism
Volume 17, Issue 42 , June 2023, Pages 140-150
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Rational discussion guides, but does not compel individual decisions, and the best process of inquiry and decision should vary with a person’s goals and situation. Sir Karl Popper ... Read More
The Metaphysics of Artifacts: a critical rationalist approach
Volume 17, Issue 42 , June 2023, Pages 151-167
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Artifacts are ubiquitous and influential in our world, but their nature and existence are controversial. Several theories have been proposed to explain the ontology of artifacts. Drawing ... Read More
Popper’s Sociology of Science and Its Political Deficit
Volume 17, Issue 42 , June 2023, Pages 168-187
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The paper offers a distinctive reading of Popper’s work, suggesting that his Logic of Scientific Discovery (LScD) might be re-interpreted in the light of his Open Society. Indeed, ... Read More
Popper’s Open Society and Its Problems
Volume 17, Issue 42 , June 2023, Pages 188-204
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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 ... Read More
Critical Rationalism and Postcolonial Experience
Volume 17, Issue 42 , June 2023, Pages 205-224
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In this paper, I address the issue of the possible applicability of the ideas of Karl R. Popper’s social and political philosophy in the contemporary political life of postcolonial ... Read More
Applying Critical Rationalism to Liberal Capitalism
Volume 17, Issue 42 , June 2023, Pages 225-241
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Since Critical Rationalism is considered by some more of an attitude or mindset and by others a methodological approach to philosophical thinking and practical problem-solving, its ... Read More
Love, Compassion and Reason in The Open Society and Its Enemies
Volume 17, Issue 42 , June 2023, Pages 242-257
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One may say that The Open Society and Its Enemies (OS) offered in 1945 the first complete elaboration of the general approach proposed by Karl Popper, namely his ‘critical rationalism’, ... Read More
The Encounter of Two Philosophers with ‘the Crisis of Modernity’: Karl Popper and Hans Blumenberg
Volume 17, Issue 42 , June 2023, Pages 258-280
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Since the emergence of modernity, and in response to its myriad aspects and potentials, which are constantly unfolding, countless reactions have kept emerging in almost all quarters ... Read More
Logical Content and Its Malcontents
Volume 17, Issue 42 , June 2023, Pages 281-297
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The doctrine that the content of the conclusion of a deductively valid argument is included in the content of its premises, taken jointly, is a familiar one. It has important consequences ... Read More
Is Falsifiability a ‘Blunt Instrument’ for Modern Physics?
Volume 17, Issue 42 , June 2023, Pages 298-316
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Modern (theoretical) physics seems to be in deep crisis today as many of its core aspects are not empirically well-confirmed. Heated exchanges among physicists on the scientific status ... Read More
Is it more reasonable for a critical rationalist to be non-religious?
Volume 17, Issue 42 , June 2023, Pages 317-331
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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 ... Read More
Is it more reasonable for a Critical Rationalist to be non-Religious? Belief and Unbelief in a Post-secular Era
Volume 17, Issue 42 , June 2023, Pages 332-351
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In modern times many militant atheist thinkers and activists have tried to promote the idea that religions, as well as religious ways of life, are one of the main, if not the main source ... Read More
The Problem of Certainty in Religion and Science: Two Critically Rational Solutions to the Feynman Dilemma
Volume 17, Issue 42 , June 2023, Pages 352-373