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May. 30th, 2025 | 07:14 pm
I reckon he (R.R. Reno ) misunderstands Popper. Deliberately or not.
I reckon his skewed perspective comes from his evangelical background, but I am guessing here.
Popper talks about historicism and holistic ideas of single "historical truth" as components of totalitarian framework - which mislead people from seeking the truth via path of hypothesis/falsification/approximate models - i.e. scientifically - into believing that they possess all the truth as a given revelation, rather than understanding our limited grasp of truth (as our own subjective meaning).
But the pursuit of truth is absolutely essential for an open society to evolve and move forward, as Popper stresses out many times in different words through his work.
Pursuit yes. Follow the Christ.
But you never will have all the truth in your grasp. Don't get proud.
https://youtu.be/dnm8Bl4Adoo?si=0DnB7sK
I reckon his skewed perspective comes from his evangelical background, but I am guessing here.
Popper talks about historicism and holistic ideas of single "historical truth" as components of totalitarian framework - which mislead people from seeking the truth via path of hypothesis/falsification/approximate models - i.e. scientifically - into believing that they possess all the truth as a given revelation, rather than understanding our limited grasp of truth (as our own subjective meaning).
But the pursuit of truth is absolutely essential for an open society to evolve and move forward, as Popper stresses out many times in different words through his work.
Pursuit yes. Follow the Christ.
But you never will have all the truth in your grasp. Don't get proud.
https://youtu.be/dnm8Bl4Adoo?si=0DnB7sK