PopperianEpistemology

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Epistemological theories explicitly or implicitly due to KarlPopper.

The fundamental idea of importance in Popperian epistemology is the reconception of rationality which rejects justification as the hallmark of reason and replaced it with the idea of critical evaluation. This is known as CriticalRationalism, based on the RejectionOfJustification.

ConjectureIsBlind
EpistemologicalProblemsSolvedByCriticalRationalism
OptimisticAndPessimisticEpistemology
ObjectiveKnowledge
PopperVsHegel
TheOpenSociety
OnHistoricism
NozickCriticismOfPopper
WorldThree
PopperAndInformationTheory
PopperAndScale

NB : Phil is a Popperian (though his friends try to talk him out of it.)

Remember you can try too : ArgueAgainstMe

Another quick way of understanding the difference between Popperianism and justificationism is that under justificationism beliefs are considered guilty (irrational) until proven innocent. Whereas in Popper, beliefs are considered innocent (rational) until proven guilty.

PopperEvents

Contrast heuristics of authority : http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/evalcrit.html