Karl Popper

Author : Karl Popper
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 545 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2005-11-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781134470020

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The Logic of Scientific Discovery by Karl Popper Pdf

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.

Author : Nicholas Maxwell
Publisher : UCL Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781787350410

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Karl Popper, Science and Enlightenment by Nicholas Maxwell Pdf

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.

Author : Roberta Corvi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2005-08-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781134793693

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An Introduction to the Thought of Karl Popper by Roberta Corvi Pdf

This is a comprehensive introduction to the philosophical and political thought of Karl Popper, now available in English. It is divided into three parts; the first part provides a biography of Popper; the second part looks at his works and recurrent themes, and the third part assesses his critics. It was approved of by Popper himself as a sympathetic and comprehensive study, and will be ideal to meet the increasing demand for a summary introduction to his work.

Author : Jeremy Shearmur
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2002-09-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134861668

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The Political Thought of Karl Popper by Jeremy Shearmur Pdf

The Political Thought of Karl Popper offers a controversial treatment of Popper's ideas about politics, informed by Shearmur's personal knowledge of Popper together with research on unpublished material in the Popper archive at the Hoover Institute. While sympathetic to Popper's overall approach, Shearmur offers criticism of some of his ideas and suggests that political conclusions should be drawn from Popper's ideas which differ from Popper's own views. Shearmur introduces Popper's political ideas by way of a discussion of their development, which draws upon archive material. He then offers a critical survey of some of the themes from his Open Society and Poverty of Historicism, and discusses the political significance of some of his later philosophical ideas. Wider themes within Popper's philosophy are drawn on to offer striking critical re-interpretations of his ethical ideas and social theory. The book concludes with a discussion which suggests that Popper's views should have been closer to classical liberalism than they in fact were.

Author : Karl Popper
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781135972981

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All Life is Problem Solving by Karl Popper Pdf

'Never before has there been so many and such dreadful weapons in so many irresponsible hands.' - Karl Popper, from the Preface All Life is Problem Solving is a stimulating and provocative selection of Popper's writings on his main preoccupations during the last twenty-five years of his life. This collection illuminates Popper's process of working out key formulations in his theory of science, and indicates his view of the state of the world at the end of the Cold War and after the collapse of communism.

Author : Herbert Keuth
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2004-12-27
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0521839467

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The Philosophy of Karl Popper by Herbert Keuth Pdf

Karl Popper is one of the greatest and most influential philosophers of the twentieth century. Originally published in German in 2000, Herbert Keuth's book is a systematic exposition of Popper's philosophy covering the philosophy of science (Part 1); social philosophy (Part 2); and metaphysics (Part 3). More comprehensive than any current introduction to Popper, it is suitable for courses in the philosophy of science and the philosophy of social science.

Author : Karl Popper
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-05
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781135972219

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The Poverty of Historicism by Karl Popper Pdf

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.

Author : Karl Raimund Popper
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 614 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Knowledge, Theory of
ISBN : 0415285941

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Conjectures and Refutations by Karl Raimund Popper Pdf

Conjectures and Refutations is one of Karl Popper's most wide-ranging and popular works, notable not only for its acute insight into the way scientific knowledge grows, but also for applying those insights to politics and to history. It provides one of the clearest and most accessible statements of the fundamental idea that guided his work: not only our knowledge, but our aims and our standards, grow through an unending process of trial and error.

Author : Stefano Gattei
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2008-10-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781134182954

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Karl Popper's Philosophy of Science by Stefano Gattei Pdf

This book seeks to rectify misrepresentations of Popperian thought with a historical approach to Popper’s philosophy, an approach which applies his own mature view, that we gain knowledge through conjectures and refutations, to his own development, by portraying him in his intellectual growth as just such a series. Gattei seeks to reconstruct the logic of Popper’s development, in order to show how one problem and its tentative solution led to a new problem.

Author : Karl Raimund Popper
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1110775383

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The Philosophy of Karl Popper by Karl Raimund Popper Pdf

Author : Anthony O'Hear
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 461 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2024-03-31
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781009230094

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Karl Popper by Anthony O'Hear Pdf

The several chapters of this classic volume focus on many key elements of Popper's thought and philosophy, now helpfully reappraised.

Author : Karl Popper
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781135626839

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The Two Fundamental Problems of the Theory of Knowledge by Karl Popper Pdf

In a letter of 1932, Karl Popper described Die beiden Grundprobleme der Erkenntnistheorie – The Two Fundamental Problems of the Theory of Knowledge – as ‘...a child of crises, above all of ...the crisis of physics.’ Finally available in English, it is a major contribution to the philosophy of science, epistemology and twentieth century philosophy generally. The two fundamental problems of knowledge that lie at the centre of the book are the problem of induction, that although we are able to observe only a limited number of particular events, science nevertheless advances unrestricted universal statements; and the problem of demarcation, which asks for a separating line between empirical science and non-science. Popper seeks to solve these two basic problems with his celebrated theory of falsifiability, arguing that the inferences made in science are not inductive but deductive; science does not start with observations and proceed to generalise them but with problems, which it attacks with bold conjectures. The Two Fundamental Problems of the Theory of Knowledge is essential reading for anyone interested in Karl Popper, in the history and philosophy of science, and in the methods and theories of science itself.

Author : Zuzana Parusniková,David Merritt
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2022-07-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 3030670384

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Karl Popper's Science and Philosophy by Zuzana Parusniková,David Merritt Pdf

Of all philosophers of the 20th century, few built more bridges between academic disciplines than Karl Popper. He contributed to a wide variety of fields in addition to the epistemology and the theory of scientific method for which he is best known. This book illustrates and evaluates the impact, both substantive and methodological, that Popper has had in the natural and mathematical sciences. The topics selected include quantum mechanics, evolutionary biology, cosmology, mathematical logic, statistics, and cognitive science. The approach is multidisciplinary, opening a dialogue across scientific disciplines and between scientists and philosophers.

Author : Karl Popper
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781135975081

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In Search of a Better World by Karl Popper Pdf

'I want to begin by declaring that I regard scientific knowledge as the most important kind of knowledge we have', writes Sir Karl Popper in the opening essay of this book, which collects his meditations on the real improvements science has wrought in society, in politics and in the arts in the course of the twentieth century. His subjects range from the beginnings of scientific speculation in classical Greece to the destructive effects of twentieth century totalitarianism, from major figures of the Enlightenment such as Kant and Voltaire to the role of science and self-criticism in the arts. The essays offer striking new insights into the mind of one of the greatest twentieth century philosophers.

Author : Karl Popper
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2005-09-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781134449729

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Unended Quest by Karl Popper Pdf

At the age of eight, Karl Popper was puzzling over the idea of infinity and by fifteen was beginning to take a keen interest in his father's well-stocked library of books. Unended Quest recounts these moments and many others in the life of one of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century, providing an indispensable account of the ideas that influenced him most. As an introduction to Popper's philosophy, Unended Quest also shines. Popper lucidly explains the central ideas in his work, making this book ideal for anyone coming to Popper's life and work for the first time.