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Philosopher. Fan of Ayn Rand, Karl Popper & Eli Goldratt.

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Fallible Ideas Podcast


Episode: Popper and Rand



I talk about the disagreements between Popper and Rand on epistemology, particularly about induction. Links: https://curi.us/1579-objectivist-and-popperian-epistemology https://curi.us/1580-false-dichotomies-package-deals-and-karl-popper https://curi.us/1581-epistemology-without-weights-and-the-mistake-objectivism-and-critical-rationalism-both-made https://curi.us/1582-induction-is-wrong-a-lot https://curi.us/1595-rationally-resolving-conflicts-of-ideas https://yesornophilosophy.com https://fallibleideas.com/books


Listen (mp3). Duration 19:37. Date: 2019-01-02


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