Both of these are ones I’ve thought for a long time I ought to read and yet SOMEHOW keep failing to. Hmm
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That being said, I don't think I find Popper entirely content-free. I think falsification describes a useful toy model of how a specific aspect of theory development works, helpful for reasoning about part of the process, it's just not a fully accurate or general description.
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tbf, part of the problem is that no one has articulated a more accurate account of science *in terms that scientists would listen to*. So the toy model persists for lack of an easily available alternative. (obvs, my intention is to fix this, if I can get time for the project)
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