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Input: What did Popper study?, Context: Popper held that rationality is not restricted to the realm of empirical or scientific theories, but that it is merely a special case of the general method of criticism, the method of finding and eliminating contradictions in knowledge without ad-hoc-measures. According to this view, rational discussion about metaphysical ideas, about moral values and even about purposes is possible. Popper's student W.W. Bartley III tried to radicalise this idea and made the controversial claim that not only can criticism go beyond empirical knowledge, but that everything can be rationally criticised.
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Popper studied rationality and its application not only in empirical or scientific theories but also in the general method of criticism. He believed that rational discussion about metaphysical ideas, moral values, and purposes is possible. His student W.W. Bartley III further explored this idea to claim that everything can be rationally criticized.
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