Notice to list members:
I have received inquiries as to the nature of an attachment appended to =
my recent post that carried the general subject heading =
"Misrepresentations of Popper."
No attachment to the file was included in my post and any "attachment" =
is unauthorized and must have been appended after my initial posting. =20
This has happened previously -- without adverse consequences. However, =
members are advised not to open any such attachment.
Best Regards,
K. Lee Lerner
Science Policy Institute
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From: John Tant, N4XAN[SMTP:jtant@exis.net]
Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 1998 8:40 AM
To: Dr. K. Lee Lerner
Subject: Re: Misrepresentations of Popper
What kind of file is the attachment?
jbt
Dr. K. Lee Lerner wrote:
> Dear list members,
>
> Under several subject headings I have read varying degrees of =
misrepresentation regarding the work of Karl Popper.
>
> Putting aside that Popper is not definitive in these matters, David =
Stamos at York University compiled a good history of Popper's views on =
the status of evolutionary biology as a science. Stamos argues that =
"Popper's programme of falsifiability does indeed exclude evolutionary =
biology from within the circumference of genuine science". However, =
Stamos goes on to argue that "Popper's programme is fundamentally =
incoherent and that the correction of this incoherence results in a =
greatly expanded and much more realistic concept of what is empirical, =
resulting in the inclusion of evolutionary biology." Regardless, Stamos =
argues that the debate over speciation and punctuated equilibria remain =
mainly metaphysical. [Stamos, D.N. (1996) Popper, Falsifiability and =
Evolutionary Biology. Biology and Philosophy 11: 161-191]
>
> Best Regards,
> K. Lee Lerner
> Science Policy Institute
>
> =
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