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Exhibit 1093

Popper Revisited, or What Is Wrong With Conspiracy Theories?

Exhibit 1093 ยท Peer-reviewed article

Popper Revisited, or What Is Wrong With Conspiracy Theories?

Yet history appears to be littered with conspiracies successful and otherwise.

Philosophical argument that Popper's critique targets 'the conspiracy theory of society,' a view no sane person holds, and creates no presumption against conspiracy theories of particular events; history contains many conspiracies.

Source
Charles R. Pigden, Philosophy of the Social Sciences 25(1):3-34
Date
1995
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Grade
Peer-reviewed
Document
https://doi.org/10.1177/004839319502500101
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