From Neopositivist Inductivism to Popperian Critical Rationalism: A Discussion on Demarcation Criteria in Scientific Epistemology

This paper aims to present a brief discussion of the debate between the logical empiricism of the Vienna Circle and the critical rationalism of Karl Popper. After a general discussion of the theoretical perspective of the Viennese intellectuals, the aim is to demonstrate how the philosopher Karl Pop...

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Autor: Machado, Alexandre
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade de Brasília (UnB)
Repositorio:Revista de Filosofia Moderna e Contemporânea
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/28435
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/fmc/article/view/28435
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Empirismo Lógico. Karl Popper. Epistemologia. Critério de Demarcação.
Logical Empiricism. Karl Popper. Epistemology. Demarcation Criteria
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Sumario:This paper aims to present a brief discussion of the debate between the logical empiricism of the Vienna Circle and the critical rationalism of Karl Popper. After a general discussion of the theoretical perspective of the Viennese intellectuals, the aim is to demonstrate how the philosopher Karl Popper tries to overcome the principle of verification of the logical empiricists by means of the principle of falsifiability. In analyzing Popper's critiques in more detail, we try to address some theoretical questions about the difficulties of supplanting the criterion of Popperian scientific demarcation in relation to the neopositivist, especially regarding the use of the inductive method. Â