Critical Rationalism: learning from our mistakes

Progress in Human Geography / Progress in Physical Geography Resources

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Bassett, K. (1999) ‘Is there progress in human geography? The problem of progress in the light of recent work in the philosophy and sociology of science’, Progress in Human Geography 23 (1): 27‒47. [This is a broad-ranging discussion, but refers to Popper’s critical rationalism among others.]

Bird, J. (1977) ‘Methodology and philosophy’,  Progress in Human Geography 1 (1): 103‒10. doi: 10.1177/030913257700100106.

Edwards, K.J. (1983) ‘Quaternary palynology: consideration of a discipline’, Progress in Physical Geography 7 (1): 113‒25. doi: 10.1177/030913338300700106.

Haines-Young, R.H. and Petch, J.R. (1980) ‘The challenge of critical rationalism for methodology in physical geography’, Progress in Physical Geography 4 (1): 63‒77.  doi: 10.1177/030913338000400104

http://ppg.sagepub.com/content/4/1/63.full.pdf+html

Moss, R.P. (1977) ‘Deductive strategies in geographical generalization’, Progress in Human Geography 1 (1): 23‒39. doi: 10.1177/030913337700100103. 

Other resources

Thornton, S. (2011) ‘Karl Popper’,  in E.N. Zalta (ed.), The Stanford Enclyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2011 edition) http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2011/entries/popper/

Wettersten, J.R. (2007) ‘Karl Popper: Critical Rationalism’, in J. Fieser and B. Dowden (eds) Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. http://www.iep.utm.edu/cr-ratio/