Rules Against Mock-Criticism

Joseph Agassi

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-06587-8_3

Rules Against Mock-Criticism

Joseph Agassi^*

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Faculty of Humanities

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Popper’s popular critics made use of the truism that every criticism is answerable, provided that even unsatisfactory rebuttals count as rebuttals. By the same token, every thesis is refuted, provided even unsatisfactory refutations count as refutations. This is a standoff. Hence it is advisable to set some standards for criticism, to bar arguments—refutations and rebuttals—that are too obviously unsatisfactory. We need rules of fair play. Fair play will benefit us all.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	SpringerBriefs in Philosophy
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media B.V.
Pages	13-15
Number of pages	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06587-8_3
State	Published - 2014

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Name	SpringerBriefs in Philosophy
ISSN (Print)	2211-4548
ISSN (Electronic)	2211-4556

Keywords

Benevolent Attitude
Fair Play
Observation Report
Official Doctrine
Popular Critic

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