Larry Laudan

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    Larry Laudan 16 October 1941/ 23 August 2022

    Mr. Laudan has lived a life of arguing against different philosophies of science like how to view the truthfulness of theories without considering the history of science in that theory. A good overview of him can be seen in this youtube video listed below.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6KjyVN-jHA
  • Larry Laudan 16 October 1941/ 23 August 2022

    Larry Laudan wrote a book called "Progress and Its Problems" in which he challenges scientist to not just view science as problem-solving without noting its time in history and the implications of history and philosophy.
  • Larry Laudan 16 October 1941/ 23 August 2022

    In Larry Lauden's book called "A Confutation of Convergent Realism," he discussed that if a scientific theory or philosophy was proven to be false in the past, then we can argue that it is true if later on it was proven to be true. It should be observed further.
  • Larry Laudan 16 October 1941/ 23 August 2022

    In Larry Laudan's book called "The Book of Risks," he argues that violence against americans from terrorism is extremely remote.
  • Larry Laudan 16 October 1941/ 23 August 2022

    Larry Laudan wrote a boke called "Beyond Positivism and Relativism" in which he argues that science should is effective when theories and philosophies are free of only observations and is based on pure-facts.