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Old 07-16-2008, 09:27 AM   #806 (permalink)
Geiger
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Originally Posted by John Freestone View Post
I'm not quite sure I get your meaning, Geiger, and I don't know why you posted a link to an article on critical rationalism, unless you were mixing this up with a supplementary part differentiating it from justificationism. The latter would seem more like the basis of your earlier statement.

My understanding of Popper's theories regarding critical rationalism is that nothing really can be proved (induction). Therefore I think the quest to prove (or disprove) IM is futile. However something doesn't have to be proved to be useful, and it can still be an interesting and valuable discussion of course.

In regards to IM I guess I'm a justificationist
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