Blurting In A & L
FALSIFICATION
Author: Art & Language Posted: 08.06.2001; 18:09:36 Topic: FALSIFICATION Msg #: 131 (top msg in thread) Enclosure: Prev/Next: 130/132 Reads: 32435
131 FALSIFICATION The A & L reaction to falsification was not to retreat to a weaker but less refutable position but to proceed to a stronger and more refutable position. Criticism is linked with the 'growth of knowledge'. Alternatives don't rule each other out in a quest for certainty, but they 'compete' in a Lakatosian 'dialectic' sense.-> Alternatives 2; Ambiguity 9; Conversational matrix 117; Falsification 132;
& Alternatives 1; Blik 74, 75; Categorical scheme 82; Education 121; Formalization 133, 134; Learning 205; Positivism 271; Practical 274; Problematic 283; Proceeding 293; Thesaurus 353; Work 385;