This article discusses the origins and impacts of Karl Popper's philosophy of science, particularly the role falsifiability[1] played in bringing rigor to legitimate scientific efforts, as well as...
This article discusses the origins and impacts of Karl Popper's philosophy of science, particularly the role falsifiability[1] played in bringing rigor to legitimate scientific efforts, as well as its misuses, which supported neoliberal projects and an approach to science that views itself as detached from ethics.
Furthermore, the author argues that falsifiability imposes an unpractical and excessively stringent criteria for how science should be done, leading to selective skepticism that furthers unscientific agendas such as anti-vaxxing and climate change denialism.
[1]Popper argues that science should adopt a methodology based on falsifiability, because no number of experiments can ever prove a theory, but a reproducible experiment or observation can refute one. (Wikipedia)
This article discusses the origins and impacts of Karl Popper's philosophy of science, particularly the role falsifiability[1] played in bringing rigor to legitimate scientific efforts, as well as its misuses, which supported neoliberal projects and an approach to science that views itself as detached from ethics.
Furthermore, the author argues that falsifiability imposes an unpractical and excessively stringent criteria for how science should be done, leading to selective skepticism that furthers unscientific agendas such as anti-vaxxing and climate change denialism.
[1] Popper argues that science should adopt a methodology based on falsifiability, because no number of experiments can ever prove a theory, but a reproducible experiment or observation can refute one. (Wikipedia)