Against Watkins: From a Popperian Point of View
Against Watkins: From a Popperian Point of View

Summary/Abstract: This paper deals with Watkins's attack on Popper's Theory of Science (PTS). Watkins claims that Popper's theory of verisimilitude (together with his theory of corroboration) introduces justificatiomst and mductivist elements into PTS. The aim of the paper is to show that Watkins"s accusation is false. In PTS there is no good (positive) reason for any conjecture. Similarly, there is no way how any conjecture could be attained by means of induction.

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