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Episode 115: Is Falsification Falsifiable?
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- The Theory of Anything
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- Sep 2, 2025
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- 6930
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Summary
This week we consider: Is falsification falsifiable? Was Popper a “naive falsificationist”? Why do so many people think he was? (Including at least one of his own students!) Is falsification itself a philosophical theory that makes it immune from falsification? Does the Duhem-Quine problem, or the assertion that theory exist in an interwoven web of other theories, create a problem for falsification? What exactly is falsification anyhow? It's about showing that a theory is false, right? Right? Popper? Bruce considers these questions and more as our infinite journey into epistemology continues.