Author: Anthony O'Hear
Publisher: Taylor & Francis US
ISBN: 9780415180429
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Born in Austria, Karl Popper (1902-1994) was one of the dominant philosophical thinkers of the 20th century. A ground-breaking thinker, he saw the essence of true science as being the readiness to submit theories to severe testing and to reject them when refuted by test. His first major book in 1935, The Logic of Scientific Discovery, marked him as a major analyst of science and was to have an enormous influence on the way people, including major scientists, came to think about the field. This collection is a timely assessment of the reactions to and abiding influence of Popper's work and the controversy it caused across many academic and political fields. The set includes early responses to Popper's work from sources difficult to obtain, and also two early reviews (by Carnap and Grelling) in translations specially prepared for this set. It is organised thematically and includes a substantial new introduction by the editor.
Karl Popper: Biography, background, and early reactions to Popper's work
Author: Anthony O'Hear
Publisher: Taylor & Francis US
ISBN: 9780415180429
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Born in Austria, Karl Popper (1902-1994) was one of the dominant philosophical thinkers of the 20th century. A ground-breaking thinker, he saw the essence of true science as being the readiness to submit theories to severe testing and to reject them when refuted by test. His first major book in 1935, The Logic of Scientific Discovery, marked him as a major analyst of science and was to have an enormous influence on the way people, including major scientists, came to think about the field. This collection is a timely assessment of the reactions to and abiding influence of Popper's work and the controversy it caused across many academic and political fields. The set includes early responses to Popper's work from sources difficult to obtain, and also two early reviews (by Carnap and Grelling) in translations specially prepared for this set. It is organised thematically and includes a substantial new introduction by the editor.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis US
ISBN: 9780415180429
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Born in Austria, Karl Popper (1902-1994) was one of the dominant philosophical thinkers of the 20th century. A ground-breaking thinker, he saw the essence of true science as being the readiness to submit theories to severe testing and to reject them when refuted by test. His first major book in 1935, The Logic of Scientific Discovery, marked him as a major analyst of science and was to have an enormous influence on the way people, including major scientists, came to think about the field. This collection is a timely assessment of the reactions to and abiding influence of Popper's work and the controversy it caused across many academic and political fields. The set includes early responses to Popper's work from sources difficult to obtain, and also two early reviews (by Carnap and Grelling) in translations specially prepared for this set. It is organised thematically and includes a substantial new introduction by the editor.
Karl Popper's Philosophy of Science
Author: Stefano Gattei
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134182953
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
Rectifying misrepresentations of Popperian thought with a historical approach to Popper’s philosophy, Gattei reconstructs the logic of Popper’s development to show how one problem and its tentative solution led to a new problem.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134182953
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
Rectifying misrepresentations of Popperian thought with a historical approach to Popper’s philosophy, Gattei reconstructs the logic of Popper’s development to show how one problem and its tentative solution led to a new problem.
Karl Popper - The Formative Years, 1902-1945
Author: Malachi Haim Hacohen
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521890557
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 628
Book Description
This 2001 biography reassesses philosopher Karl Popper's life and works within the context of interwar Vienna.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521890557
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 628
Book Description
This 2001 biography reassesses philosopher Karl Popper's life and works within the context of interwar Vienna.
The Logic of Scientific Discovery
Author: Karl Popper
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134470029
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 545
Book Description
Described by the philosopher A.J. Ayer as a work of 'great originality and power', this book revolutionized contemporary thinking on science and knowledge. Ideas such as the now legendary doctrine of 'falsificationism' electrified the scientific community, influencing even working scientists, as well as post-war philosophy. This astonishing work ranks alongside The Open Society and Its Enemies as one of Popper's most enduring books and contains insights and arguments that demand to be read to this day.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134470029
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 545
Book Description
Described by the philosopher A.J. Ayer as a work of 'great originality and power', this book revolutionized contemporary thinking on science and knowledge. Ideas such as the now legendary doctrine of 'falsificationism' electrified the scientific community, influencing even working scientists, as well as post-war philosophy. This astonishing work ranks alongside The Open Society and Its Enemies as one of Popper's most enduring books and contains insights and arguments that demand to be read to this day.
Karl Popper
Author: Anthony O'Hear
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780415203920
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780415203920
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
The Poverty of Historicism
Author: Karl Popper
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135972214
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
On its publication in 1957, The Poverty of Historicism was hailed by Arthur Koestler as 'probably the only book published this year which will outlive the century.' A devastating criticism of fixed and predictable laws in history, Popper dedicated the book to all those 'who fell victim to the fascist and communist belief in Inexorable Laws of Historical Destiny.' Short and beautifully written, it has inspired generations of readers, intellectuals and policy makers. One of the most important books on the social sciences since the Second World War, it is a searing insight into the ideas of this great thinker.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135972214
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
On its publication in 1957, The Poverty of Historicism was hailed by Arthur Koestler as 'probably the only book published this year which will outlive the century.' A devastating criticism of fixed and predictable laws in history, Popper dedicated the book to all those 'who fell victim to the fascist and communist belief in Inexorable Laws of Historical Destiny.' Short and beautifully written, it has inspired generations of readers, intellectuals and policy makers. One of the most important books on the social sciences since the Second World War, it is a searing insight into the ideas of this great thinker.
Karl Popper
Author: Anthony O'Hear
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780415180412
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 537
Book Description
A timely assessment of the reactions to and abiding influence of Popper's work, and controversy it caused across many academic and political fields
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780415180412
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 537
Book Description
A timely assessment of the reactions to and abiding influence of Popper's work, and controversy it caused across many academic and political fields
Karl Popper
Author: Bryan Magee
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Karl Popper, Science and Enlightenment
Author: Nicholas Maxwell
Publisher: UCL Press
ISBN: 178735041X
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Here is an idea that just might save the world. It is that science, properly understood, provides us with the methodological key to the salvation of humanity. A version of this idea can be found in the works of Karl Popper. Famously, Popper argued that science cannot verify theories but can only refute them, and this is how science makes progress. Scientists are forced to think up something better, and it is this, according to Popper, that drives science forward.But Nicholas Maxwell finds a flaw in this line of argument. Physicists only ever accept theories that are unified – theories that depict the same laws applying to the range of phenomena to which the theory applies – even though many other empirically more successful disunified theories are always available. This means that science makes a questionable assumption about the universe, namely that all disunified theories are false. Without some such presupposition as this, the whole empirical method of science breaks down.By proposing a new conception of scientific methodology, which can be applied to all worthwhile human endeavours with problematic aims, Maxwell argues for a revolution in academic inquiry to help humanity make progress towards a better, more civilized and enlightened world.
Publisher: UCL Press
ISBN: 178735041X
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Here is an idea that just might save the world. It is that science, properly understood, provides us with the methodological key to the salvation of humanity. A version of this idea can be found in the works of Karl Popper. Famously, Popper argued that science cannot verify theories but can only refute them, and this is how science makes progress. Scientists are forced to think up something better, and it is this, according to Popper, that drives science forward.But Nicholas Maxwell finds a flaw in this line of argument. Physicists only ever accept theories that are unified – theories that depict the same laws applying to the range of phenomena to which the theory applies – even though many other empirically more successful disunified theories are always available. This means that science makes a questionable assumption about the universe, namely that all disunified theories are false. Without some such presupposition as this, the whole empirical method of science breaks down.By proposing a new conception of scientific methodology, which can be applied to all worthwhile human endeavours with problematic aims, Maxwell argues for a revolution in academic inquiry to help humanity make progress towards a better, more civilized and enlightened world.
The Cambridge Companion to Popper
Author: Jeremy Shearmur
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521856450
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 405
Book Description
This is one of the most comprehensive collections of critical essays to be published on the philosophy of Karl Popper.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521856450
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 405
Book Description
This is one of the most comprehensive collections of critical essays to be published on the philosophy of Karl Popper.