tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post4016288132599984838..comments2024-02-23T10:53:19.705+00:00Comments on Dare to Know: Popper's Open Society for Busy PeopleCarlottahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12686469871331093679noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post-40222580581165571202008-02-23T01:23:00.000+00:002008-02-23T01:23:00.000+00:00The point of re-reading Popper (or reading for the...The point of re-reading Popper (or reading for the first time if you have not done so before) is to realise how many damaging ideas that were refuted by Popper are still circulating. He is still speaking to our condition but his critics (or people who have just ignored him) still get the major exposure in uni courses. If you want to help people to take control of their lives and achive peace, freedom and prosperity then spreading the ideas of Popper, critical rationalism and the Austrian economists is a really practical thing to do. If you care!Rafehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06278597438041685633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post-29314104899063322832008-02-10T14:28:00.000+00:002008-02-10T14:28:00.000+00:00Just in case you are seriously worried, Anon, I ha...Just in case you are seriously worried, Anon, I have in the past fairly often read critiques of Popper. So far, I haven't been able to make their ideas stack up in the way that Popper's mostly seem to. I will keep an eye open for the next serious attempt at a refutation.Carlottahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12686469871331093679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post-70145458981845071282008-02-10T14:08:00.000+00:002008-02-10T14:08:00.000+00:00Wouldn't it be more Critical Rationalist not to re...Wouldn't it be more Critical Rationalist not to read texts by philosophers you agree with, but, rather, the philosophers who *disagree* with Popper? <BR/><BR/>If your position is a Popperist one, then, as a Critical Rationalist, you ought really to be looking to read arguments that *criticise* Popperist positions, rather than his own works.<BR/><BR/>Reading Popper is like a Christian reading the Letters of Saint Paul. Great for relaxation and a reinforcing of beliefs currently held, but is it the right way forward for a Critical Rationalist? If you already believe this man to be speaking the truth, then you might do better to examine the opinions of his opponents.<BR/><BR/>The followers of your philosphies have already criticised Plato's arguments and decided they are invalid, and there is little learning in reading texts that criticise something you have already discarded.<BR/><BR/>If you wish to examine Plato's arguments freshly, and truth seek with an open mind, then perhaps a better idea would be to read *Plato*?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com