The Theory of Anything Podcast | Karl Popper and a Discussion of Justification and Falsification

The Theory of Anything podcast is hosted by Peter Johansen and Bruce Nielsen. In their episode with Professor Stephen Hicks, they delve into epistemological topics, especially the philosophy of science, justification, Karl Popper's critical rationalism, and the developmental nature of knowledge.

In his response to their questions about falsification and fallibilism, Dr. Hicks stresses the importance of understanding the processes involved in cognition: sensation, perception, concept formation and proposition and theory-building.

To their questions about the theory-ladenness of observation, Dr. Hicks argues from an empirical perspective that basic perception is pre-theoretical.

The conversation turns to the Kantian foundations in Karl Popper's and Thomas Kuhn's work.

The original podcast can be found at: https://open.spotify.com/show/0bmymUJ...

Stephen R. C. Hicks, Ph.D., is Professor of Philosophy at Rockford University, USA, and has had visiting positions at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., University of Kasimir the Great in Poland, Oxford University’s Harris Manchester College in England, and Jagiellonian University in Poland.

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