Popper's Epistemology and the Autonomy of Science

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Philosophical prejudice and political commitment have blinded Popper and his supporters to the internal contradictions within his epistemology On the one hand, his 'Three World' doctrine, founded on his anti-psychologism, is incompatible with the critical epistemological programme which he advocates On the other hand, his hostility to Marxism/planning is one factor which leads him to identify open mindedness with a willingness to accept conclusive disproof of theones — in violation of his view that the basic statements of science are themselves conjectural. Popper's articulation of the critical, rational attitude within a framework of anti-psychologism and anti-Marxism legitimates philosophically the autonomy of science An alternative conception of rationality underpins a less restrictive relationship between the scientific and the lay communities

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