The Platonic Foundation of the “Real” Popper by Lawrence Boland

GARCÍA, PABLO, MACERI, SANDRA.

Actual Investigación

Universidad de Los Andes.

Lugar: Los Andes.; Año: 2010 vol. 42 p. 11 - 35

1315-8589

(Vesión on line y en papel) This work attempts to show in what sense Popper can be considered a platonic philosopher. According to Lawrence Boland, Popper is based on Plato with regard to what he considers the “real Popperian method.” In order to explain this approach, we have divided this writing into two sections. In the first one, we analyse Boland´s interpretation of the dialogic-platonic rationality and we show that Boland’s interpretation of the first Plato, with which we dissent, is the textual base for his interpretation of the “authentic Popperian method.” In the second section we will try to show that the Popper´s “Socratism” locks up in fact two meanings.