[Taxacom] Biodiversity questions: Classifications

[Dan Lahr]

Ha, I was not aware that he acknowledged that.

So it is in fact the wide *perception* of popperian science that defines
science as only the last part of that sentence, not Popper himself...

thanks for pointing it out FRed.


On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 10:09 AM, Fred Schueler <bckcdb at istar.ca> wrote:

> On 10/4/2013 9:00 AM, Dan Lahr wrote:
>
> > Incidently, I tend think that applying the popperian definition of
> science
> > to taxonomy, as you have indicated, is a bit of trying to fit a square
> peg
> > in a round hole.  Popper's definition is too restrictive: exploratory
> > science is also part of science!  HOw would we come to hypothesis if we
> > don't know what objects can be hypothesizable subjects?
>
> * an interesting point - the popperian hypothesis is that "it will be
> only through exploratory data collection and baconian induction that it
> will be possible to form a falsifiable hypothesis about this subject."
> In my experience, this hypothesis is often corroborated.
>
> fred.
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