Popper on basic statements: experience can't justify them
alexbilz · x · 2026-10-02
Alex Bilz quotes Popper's The Logic of Scientific Discovery §29: 'Experiences can motivate a decision, and hence an acceptance or a rejection of a statement, but a basic statement cannot be justified by them—no more than by thumping the table.' Links the 1959 English PDF.
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