Popper equated natural-science method with scientific rationality itself

Evidence

With his emphasis on the primacy of theory and the purely corrective function of empirical investigation, Popper seemed to be closer to Critical Theory than genuine positivists. But the historical fact of the advancement of knowledge in the natural sciences from Galileo to Einstein formed for him, too, the point of departure and the critical standard for all philosophical reflection. He, too, equated the empirical and analytic methods of the natural sciencesbased on the twin pillars of experimentation, or testing, and theory or systematic deductionwith scientific rationality as such. But he took more account of the reality of progress in the natural sciences by admitting the possibility of hypotheses for which no experimental tests were currently available. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2410

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Popper’s philosophy of science implicitly rejected Critical Theory as unscientific — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2411; Natural science’s drive to dominate nature rests on a universally valid epistemic attitude — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2437; Habermas grounded Popper’s rational discussion ideal in a comprehensive rationality of free dialogue — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2416 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Popper’s philosophy of science implicitly rejected Critical Theory as unscientific #expands (0.80) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2411
• Natural science’s drive to dominate nature rests on a universally valid epistemic attitude #expands (0.75) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2437
• Habermas grounded Popper’s rational discussion ideal in a comprehensive rationality of free dialogue #responds-to (0.75) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2416