Popper and Systematics

Popper and systematics.

BAUM, B. R. 1992. Combining trees as a way of combining data sets for phylogenetic inference, and the desirability of combining gene trees. Taxon 41:3–10. BAUM, B. R., AND M. A. RAGAN. 1993. Reply to A. G. Rodrigo’s ‘A comment on Baum’s method for combining trees.’ Taxon 42:637–640. BININDA-EMONDS, O. R. P., AND H. N. BRYANT. 1998. Properties of matrix representation with parsimony analysis. Sy...

Karl R . Popper , Systematics , and Classification : A Reply to Walter Bock and Other

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Social Explanation and Popper

Popper and the Omics

and other-omics generate unprecedented amounts of experimental data about cells or tissues under certain conditions. However, from an epistemological point of view, merely fitting data into a model to explain observations is not sufficient; science should strive to describe simple and logical theoretical systems that are testable and that enable predictions (Popper, 1959). This paper tries to a...

Popper and computer induction.

Introduction In a recent article in BioEssays, John F. Allen uses Popper's philosophy of science to argue on p. 107 that ``There is no induction machine'', and that looking for one will result in ``waste of resources spent on the search itself.'' This argument is of great interest to me because I started my research life as a graduate student in philosophy of science in Popper's department at t...