Dear list members,
Under several subject headings I have read varying degrees of =
misrepresentation regarding the work of Karl Popper. =20
Putting aside that Popper is not definitive in these matters, David =
Stamos at York University compiled a good history of Popper's views on =
the status of evolutionary biology as a science. Stamos argues that =
"Popper's programme of falsifiability does indeed exclude evolutionary =
biology from within the circumference of genuine science". However, =
Stamos goes on to argue that "Popper's programme is fundamentally =
incoherent and that the correction of this incoherence results in a =
greatly expanded and much more realistic concept of what is empirical, =
resulting in the inclusion of evolutionary biology." Regardless, Stamos =
argues that the debate over speciation and punctuated equilibria remain =
mainly metaphysical. [Stamos, D.N. (1996) Popper, Falsifiability and =
Evolutionary Biology. Biology and Philosophy 11: 161-191]
Best Regards,
K. Lee Lerner
Science Policy Institute
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