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Episode 126: The Concept of Concepts

Episode 126: The Concept of Concepts

Update: 2025-12-23
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What is a concept? What is a theory? And was Karl Popper right when he said theories are “100 times more valuable” than concepts? But where do conjectures come from?


We go over Popper's own writing about concepts and his explanation for why he feels they are less valuable than theories.


Does this prove Bruce wrong from back in episode 112 where he claimed concepts are more valuable than words? What would Popper say?

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Episode 126: The Concept of Concepts

Episode 126: The Concept of Concepts

Bruce Nielson and Peter Johansen