From: "Rafe Champion" <rchamp-AT-bigpond.net.au>
Subject: Re: PKF: On Liking Popper AND Feyerabend ...
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 06:35:25 +1100


> > Popper's humility is staggering.
>  >
>
> it doesn't seem to come through in his interview in john horgan's "the
> end of science" (if i remember the name of the book right). of course
> the man was about 90 years old at the time of the interview.
>
> --ravi

As someone else pointed out, Popper had an extremely stormy relationship
with most of his colleagues. Probably the best source on this is the memoire
of Jo Agassi "A Philosopher's Apprentice: In Karl Popper's Workshop".

Agassi was a friend of Feyerabend, and worked closely with him before F
departed for Vienna. He was supposed to return from a holiday and take up
the job of Popper's research assistant but he did not return and Agassi did
the job instead. The reason for staying in Vienna was a mystery to Agassi,
can anyone on this list explain?

Rafe Champion


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