Enkele kriteese kantaantekeninge rondom popper se regverdiging van ‘n liberale demokrasie

ABSTRACT

This article is mainly concerned with the evaluation of some selected aspects of Popper's defence of a liberal democracy. It focuses specifically on Popper's conceptions of liberalism and of democracy. The article concludes that in spite of Popper's serious attempts to rid his theory of the open society of relativism; his defence of a liberal‐democracy on the grounds of his methodology of falsificationism, inevitably slides into an (unintended) relativism.