{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Sci Phi Journal","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.sciphijournal.org","title":"The Imagined Present by Louis Armand - Sci Phi Journal","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"8Ct6pd3VoM\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciphijournal.org\/index.php\/2016\/04\/22\/the-imagined-present-by-louis-armand\/\">The Imagined Present by Louis Armand<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sciphijournal.org\/index.php\/2016\/04\/22\/the-imagined-present-by-louis-armand\/embed\/#?secret=8Ct6pd3VoM\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;The Imagined Present by Louis Armand&#8221; &#8212; Sci Phi Journal\" data-secret=\"8Ct6pd3VoM\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.sciphijournal.org\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":null,"thumbnail_width":null,"thumbnail_height":null,"description":"THE IMAGINED PRESENT Louis Armand 1. In an attempt to establish general criteria for scientific discourse, Karl Popper famously invoked the term \u201cfalsifiability.\u201d Any statement that can be demonstrated to be true, can be falsified; and it is the possibility for falsification that distinguishes science from \u201cmere\u201d fiction, since in the realm of fiction there is no formal criterion of verifiability. Indeed, fiction&#8212;as Hans Vaihinger earlier argued&#8212;represents precisely what is unverifiable. And since it is not verifiable, neither is it falsifiable. This dualistic view of discourse, however, exposes itself to a number of important ambiguities, which are both definitional, but"}