Episode 64: What is a "Refutation"?
The Theory of Anything · Sep 4, 2023 · 1:21:53
The Theory of Anything · Sep 4, 2023 · 1:21:53
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What did Karl Popper really mean by refutation? How are empirical theories special? How do objective criticisms differ from subjective criticisms? What is the difference between a theory and an explanation? We consider these questions with a tangent into the theory that animals don’t have feelings.
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