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Larry Laudan born 16 October 1941
Life of Larry Laudan -
Progress and its Problems
Laudan’s early views are best seen through his Progress and its Problems where he essentially attempted to explicate the one universal and unchangeable method of science, akin to the previous attempts by Popper, Lakatos, and others. -
A Confutation of Convergent Realism
Laudan is particularly well known for his pessimistic induction argument against the claim that the cumulative success of science shows that science must really describe how the world really is. Laudan famously argued in this article -
Science and Values
Laudan presents his reticulated model which is an attempt to explain how methods of science change in a rational fashion. At the time, this view was against the commonly held belief that some core methods of science remain unchangeable. -
Scrutinizing Science
Laudan appears to be subscribing to the idea that there is after all a universal and unchangeable method of science. While not openly articulated, this tacit premise underlies the whole exercise of trying to test different methodological dicta suggested by the likes of Popper, Kuhn, Lakatos, and Laudan himself against the historical record. -
Larry Laudan "Law as Inquiry?"
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