Season 1 · Episode 51
Episode 51: Was Karl Popper Dogmatic?
The Theory of Anything · Bruce Nielson and Peter Johansen
October 2, 20221h 3m
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Show Notes
There seems to be broad agreement, even among Karl Popper's own students, that he was a deeply dogmatic individual. In this episode we ask the question 'Was Karl Popper Dogmatic?' by reviewing a humorous article in Scientific American by John Horgan on August 22, 2018. Along the way, we discuss by what means we judge dogmatism. How do we even tell if someone is dogmatic or not? Is there a litmus test for dogmatism? If so, what is it?