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The writing is wonderfully clear without being simplistic. I agree with many of these criticisms and dont see any way for popper to escape their force. Philosophy of science 4 observations of physical phenomena, harder to agree on observations of social or mental phenomena, and difficult in the extreme to reach agreement on matters of theology or ethics and thus the latter remain outside the normal. Rational choice theory in philosophy of social science.
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