Isn’t that like saying we’ve generalized the theory that “all is fire” to cases where the universe is only part fire? If falsification is absolute then Popper’s insight that “all is falsification” is just plain wrong; if falsification is probabilistic then surely the relevant ideas existed before Popper as probability theory. It’s not like Popper invented the notion that if a hypothesis is falsified we shouldn’t believe it.
Isn’t that like saying we’ve generalized the theory that “all is fire” to cases where the universe is only part fire? If falsification is absolute then Popper’s insight that “all is falsification” is just plain wrong; if falsification is probabilistic then surely the relevant ideas existed before Popper as probability theory. It’s not like Popper invented the notion that if a hypothesis is falsified we shouldn’t believe it.