ABSTRACT

Thusfarmypersonalconfessionofaconjecturalfaithmaybesummedup bythetwoslogans'criticalrationalism'and'realism'.IfeltthatIhadto statetheseearly,inordertoavoidmisunderstanding.For,asIhavesaid, mytopicisnolessthananattempttocriticizeacloselyrelatedversionof rationalism;aversionofrationalismthathasdeterminedthelimitsof Westernscience,andespeciallyofWesternphysicalscience,forthelast twenty-fourcenturies;limitsthatmanyrationalistsbelievetobeindeed theproperlimitsofallrationalscience.