Ontological fluidity (not taking categories as True) is characteristic of meta-rationality. These two paragraphs come immediately before the one in my previous tweet.pic.twitter.com/RGTk3zWrCa
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Ontological fluidity (not taking categories as True) is characteristic of meta-rationality. These two paragraphs come immediately before the one in my previous tweet.pic.twitter.com/RGTk3zWrCa
The quote imagines the ironic and philosophical attitude wrapped up in one person, which made me think. Per Godfrey-Smith (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003URRG0W/ref=kinw_myk_ro_title …) a problem with Popper is that he imagines the scientist as being both skeptic and true believer. 1/3
Godfrey-Smith argues that doesn't work and posits that science-as-it's-practiced works as a system that uses individuals in different roles (in different times and about different topics). 2/3
(It's too hard to be motivated to do tons of work if the best you hope for is to not be proven wrong yet, if you have a cool skepticism about your topic.) So, thought: what if metarationality isn't properly or effectively inherent in individuals, but rather in groups/systems?3/3
Yes, that’s a good point. I’d say that rationality is also not inherent in individuals; it’s a collection of cultural practices, which mostly function only in collaboration. OTOH, to the extent individuals can exercise rationality, we can also exercise meta-rationality.
Popper’s model seems, if I understand it correctly, entirely inadequate both descriptively and prescriptively. Observing how science actually works (e.g. ethnomethodologically) is the way forward.
That does reveal diversity of functional roles in the process, which only loosely correlate with formal roles (grad student/journal editor). It’s good to have some people trying to prove something, and others trying to disprove it.
Afaict, the Popperian idea that you can only disprove things has nothing to do with reality. Evidence for and against are symmetric. Induction and confirmation are routine features of scientific work. They just aren’t ever absolute.
I feel like I may be missing something here because there are some smart Popperians I respect, but the things they say don’t make any sense to me.
That's a shame. As Brian is aware, no other school of thinkers has made nearly such good sense to me, but plainly I can't pour my understanding from my mind into yours.
It’s mysterious to me that I don’t see what you do! Or vice versa.
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