(The Paradox of Unlimited Criticism. Critical Rationalism as a Method of Problem-solving)

Hans-Joachim Niemann, Zum Paradox der unbeschränkten Kritik, Kritischer Rationalismus als Problemlösungsmethode, CONCEPTUS Jg. 27 Nr.71 (1994), S. 263-284. 

Summary. The recently renewed complaint about critical rationalism holds that unlimited criticism may be good enough for scientific community, that however, as a way of life it is not easy to proliferate. Also when criticizing democracy there must be limits to criticism, otherwise the basis of unlimited criticism will be destroyed. To avoid those difficulties and paradoxes unlimited criticism should no longer be considered as the 'principle of critical rationalism'. One had better understand critical rationalism as a general problem solving strategy using criticism for nothing but to get the better problem solution.

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