Acta Structuralica

international journal for structuralist research

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Saving science from scepticism

Alan Musgrave

pp. 297-323

Abstract

This paper was to have had a motto, but John Watkins got in first. One of the two mottoes of his Science and Scepticism is "We have to try to adopt a highly critical attitude towards those theories which we admire most" (Karl Popper). I admire many of the theories of Science and Scepticism: difficult problems are confronted head-on and considerable ingenuity goes in to solving them. But I must say no more in that vein. Instead I must follow the exhortation in Watkins' motto, which was to have been mine too.

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D'Agostino Fred, Jarvie I. C. (1989) Freedom and rationality: essays in honor of John Watkins from his colleagues and friends. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 297-323

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-2380-5_17

Full citation:

Musgrave Alan (1989) „Saving science from scepticism“, In: F. D'agostino & I. C. Jarvie (eds.), Freedom and rationality, Dordrecht, Springer, 297–323.