Appendix IV. Misreading Popper: The Top Ten Errors SE10. Habermas claimed that Poppers view on the dualism of facts and values (the is/ought distinction, provides no leverage for criticism of the status quo. This charge appeared the course of his debate with Hans Albert in the Positivism Dispute which started with a debate between Popper and Adorno in Tubingen in 1961. The proceedings and other papers were eventually published in Der Positivismusstreit I deutschen Soziologie and translated as The Positivist Dispute in German Sociology, 1976. As for Poppers failure to provide a method to attack the status quo, the distinction that he drew between factual propositions and social or moral proposals, which he called critical dualism in Chapter 5 of The Open Society and its Enemies, was explicitly designed to give reformers a lever for change. The point is to describe the difference between the status quo (what is) and how you would like to change it, according to your values and aspirations. Popper advocated the use of the language of political demands, or proposals in connection with public policy and social reform because this direct approach avoids arguments derived from historical tendencies and disputes about the essential nature of things, such as the concept of justice. Rafe Champion, A Guide to the Logic of Scientific Discovery. Appendix III and IV can be found in all the books of the Popular Popper-series. His A Guide to The Logic of Scientific Discovery is invaluable for people like me who are not scientists. Your admin luc c... There is an updated version of the books of Rafe Champion. They are sold for a symbolic price only. Theyre e-books in kindle-format. Notice however that it is not necessary to have a kindle. It is possible to read the books with free software on any software-platform.
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