[FRIAM] Popper on Darwinism

[David Eric Smith]

Dave, to clarify:

What does Popper (or what do you) take to be the referent for the tag “Darwinism”.  The term has gone through so many hands with so many purposes, that I am hesitant to engage with only the term, without a fuller sense of what it stands for in the worldview of my interlocutor.

Thanks,

Eric



> On Dec 13, 2021, at 10:33 AM, Prof David West <profwest at fastmail.fm> wrote:
> 
> “Darwinism is not a testable scientific theory, but a metaphysical research program—a possible framework for testable scientific theories.”  
>                       Karl Popper.
> 
> I like this distinction but immediately wonder if it might provide some analytical / research means that could be applied to other "metaphysical research programs" — creationism for example, or the plethora of efforts, by scientists, to reconcile their faith with their science. Or, Newton's [and Jung's] (in)famous commitment to Egyptian Alchemy.
> 
> Would it be possible to use the Tao de Ching or the Diamond Sutra or Whitehead's Process Philosophy (not a random selection, I group the three intentionally) as a metaphysical research program and derive some interesting and useful science?
> 
> davew
> 
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