Looking for Black Swans: Critical Elimination and History

Symposion. Theoretical and Applied Inquiries in Philosophy and Social Sciences (forthcoming)
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Michael F. Duggan ABSTRACT: This article examines the basis for testing historical claims and proffers the observation that the historical method is akin to the scientific method in that it utilizes critical elimination rather than justification. Building on the critical rationalism of Karl Popper – and specifically the deductive component of the scientific method called …

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