I thought that Popper trashed psychoanalysis and Marxism as
non-scientific because non-falsifiable as ad hoc auxiliary hypotheses
could always be brought in to account for any discrepancies between
the theory and empirical evidence. But perhaps this is different
from holism and the web of
What is WoB? Web of Belief?
Much of what analytical philosophy tries to do is a waste of
time--justified true belief, etc. I prefer what the Popperians have
to say to this, but aside from the rejection of justificationism, it
seems they are playing the same game. Knowledge cannot be
One would think from reading a certain sort of Marxist literature
that these people live in a closed subculture, which means a
metaphysical and ideological mental universe cloistered from the
actual world it constantly beats its head against.
I don't think it is in human nature to give up even
Thanks for the reply. Haven't got much time so this is very short. It is
possible to don an illusory consciousness whilst not being fooled into
really believing that it is true. I'd suggest more people are doing this
than you are allowing. Also, as an auto-didact you know the great interest
As I said, it's not in our nature to give up however severely the
odds stack up against us.
Those of us who operate mentally as well as materially outside of
media and celebrity culture find ourselves effectively bound and
gagged. We can of course have and have had a small impact, but
