It is often asserted that discussion is only possible between people who have a common language and accept common basic assumptions. I think that this is a mistake. All that is needed is a readiness to learn from one's partner in the discussion, which includes a genuine wish to understand what he intends to say. If this readiness is there, the discussion will be the more fruitful the more the partner's backgrounds differ.


p. 352 - Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge (1963)

Karl Popper Quotes

It is often asserted that discussion is only possible between people who have a common language and accept common basic assumptions. I think that...

It is often asserted that discussion is only possible between people who have a common language and accept common basic assumptions. I think that...

It is often asserted that discussion is only possible between people who have a common language and accept common basic assumptions. I think that...

It is often asserted that discussion is only possible between people who have a common language and accept common basic assumptions. I think that...