On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:08:52 +0900 CeJ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> ^^^^^^^ > CB: Cause he [Popper] was doing anti-communist/anti-Soviet hack > work . > > ^^^^^^^ > > The interesting post-modern aspect of Popper for me is that he > opened > up 'anglo-analytic' philosophy of science to post-modernism (Kuhn, > but > especially Lakatos and Feyerabend). > He is also the guy whom Wittgenstein allegedly threatened with a > fireplace poker after one of their few discussions. Popper's work > on > scientific methods and induction is formidable and some of the most > important after Hume, Mills and Peirce. > > And yet I would suspect most of his obituaries revel in the > nonsense > about how he helped defeat communism because he showed Marxism to be > a > pseudo-science (while Hayek 'proved' central planning didn't work). > ------------------ My comments on Popper, Hayek etc. can be found here: http://archives.econ.utah.edu/archives/marxism/2002w46/msg00026.htm http://archives.econ.utah.edu/archives/marxism/2005w00/msg00027.htm http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/1999/1999-October/017416.html > > CJ > > _______________________________________________ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis
