I agree that it's not a great article, perhaps typical of philosophical writings, which I have always struggled with. It's hard to digest, I read it about 4 tim

I agree that it's not a great article, perhaps typical of philosophical writings, which I have always struggled with. It's hard to digest, I read it about 4 times. But the author is a philosopher of science, I am pretty sure he has heard of Popper. I think he is trying to write it in a simple style for mass consumption, but as a result the examples seem shoe-horned in to fit his thesis.