NOTES ON POPPERIAN THOUGHT

THE POPPERIAN SYSTEM OF THOUGHT

AS POPPER INDICATES, PHILOSOPHICAL THINKING INTENDS TO SUBMIT ALL THEORETICAL PREMISE, BE IT PHILOSOPHICAL, ETHICAL, SOCIAL, OR QUANTITATIVE TO A CRITICAL REVIEW BOTH EMPIRICAL AND SCIENTIFIC.

SUCH REVIEW CAN NOT BE CONCLUSIVE; BUT, IT SHOULD BE SUBJECTED TO FURTHER REVISION BASED ON THE METHODS SUGESTED BY POPPER, NEWTON, EINSTEIN, RUSSELL, WITTGENSTEIN, AND OTHERS.

IF A SYSTEM OF THOUGHT CAN NOT PASS THAT REVIEW, THEN IT IS NOT VALID. BUT, IT COULD SERVE FOR A DIDACTIC, AESTHETIC PURPOSE.

EPISTEMOLOGICALLY, REAL THINKING MUST BE CHARACTERIZED BY ITS AUTHENTICITY, RATIONALITY, AND ITS CAPACITY TO WITHSTAND CRITICISM.

ALSO, IT SHOULD BE CLEARLY DEFINIBLE, COMPREHENSIBLE TO READERS OF MODERATE INTELECTUAL ABILITY. THE KIND OF THOUGHT THAT IS FREE FROM DOGMATISM.
THOUGHT OF A MATHEMATICAL SOUNDNESS WHICH CRITICISM STRENGTHENS.

ITS CENTER IS HOLISTIC, TECHNO-SCIENTIFIC WITHOUT ELIMINATING FAITH, ETHICS, LITERATURE, OR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES.

J. A. CANTO, MBA