Returning To Karl Popper

Author : Alexander Naraniecki
Publisher : Brill Rodopi
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 9042037970

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Returning to Karl Popper by Alexander Naraniecki Pdf

Over the last few years there has been a resurgent interest in various scientific disciplines in Popper's arguments. To gain a greater appreciation of Popper's scientific arguments, they need to be viewed in relation to his broader philosophy and where this stands within the history of ideas. This book aims to take seriously those aspects of Popper's writings that have received less attention and wherein he advanced metaphysical, speculative, mystical-poetic, aesthetic and Platonic arguments. Such arguments are crucial for an appreciation of his scientific and political writings. I argue that Popper, much like Wittgenstein previously has been misconstrued as an Anglo-analytic philosopher. This book provides an interpretation of Popper's mature philosophy within his Central-European intellectual context. The aim of which is to open up a fruitful line of investigation into Popper's thought that I hope would continue over the coming years.Alexander Naraniecki has spent time at the Popper Archives at the University of Klagenfurt in Austria whilst researching for this book. He has also been a visiting scholar at Duke University and has completed a postdoctoral research fellowship at Deakin University in Melbourne. Dr Naraniecki also publishes on issues relating to multiculturalism, globalization, cosmopolitanism as well as inter-cultural relations and dialogue. He has published on Popper in various leading journals such as Philosophy, Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, and The European Legacy. He is currently building his research on Popper in a broader direction by exploring issues related to creativity and problem solving for critical thinking.

Author : Alexander Naraniecki
Publisher : Rodopi
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789401210454

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Returning to Karl Popper by Alexander Naraniecki Pdf

Over the last few years there has been a resurgent interest in various scientific disciplines in Popper’s arguments. To gain a greater appreciation of Popper’s scientific arguments, they need to be viewed in relation to his broader philosophy and where this stands within the history of ideas. This book aims to take seriously those aspects of Popper’s writings that have received less attention and wherein he advanced metaphysical, speculative, mystical-poetic, aesthetic and Platonic arguments. Such arguments are crucial for an appreciation of his scientific and political writings. I argue that Popper, much like Wittgenstein previously has been misconstrued as an Anglo-analytic philosopher. This book provides an interpretation of Popper’s mature philosophy within his Central-European intellectual context. The aim of which is to open up a fruitful line of investigation into Popper’s thought that I hope would continue over the coming years. Alexander Naraniecki has spent time at the Popper Archives at the University of Klagenfurt in Austria whilst researching for this book. He has also been a visiting scholar at Duke University and has completed a postdoctoral research fellowship at Deakin University in Melbourne. Dr Naraniecki also publishes on issues relating to multiculturalism, globalization, cosmopolitanism as well as inter-cultural relations and dialogue. He has published on Popper in various leading journals such as Philosophy, Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, and The European Legacy. He is currently building his research on Popper in a broader direction by exploring issues related to creativity and problem solving for critical thinking.

Author : Karl Popper
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 53,8 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 : Stefano Gattei
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2008-10-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781134182954

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Karl Popper's Philosophy of Science by Stefano Gattei Pdf

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.

Author : Karl Raimund Popper
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Science
ISBN : OCLC:59405677

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The Logic of Scientific Discovery by Karl Raimund Popper Pdf

Author : Nicholas Maxwell
Publisher : UCL Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 49,8 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 : 334 pages
File Size : 48,8 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 : 43,5 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 : Herbert Keuth
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 50,9 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 Raimund Popper
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 614 pages
File Size : 49,6 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 : Karl Popper
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 545 pages
File Size : 43,5 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 : Malachi Haim Hacohen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 628 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2002-03-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0521890551

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Karl Popper - The Formative Years, 1902-1945 by Malachi Haim Hacohen Pdf

This 2001 biography reassesses philosopher Karl Popper's life and works within the context of interwar Vienna.

Author : Karl Raimund Popper
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0198750242

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Objective Knowledge by Karl Raimund Popper Pdf

The essays in this volume represent an approach to human knowledge that has had a profound influence on many recent thinkers. Popper breaks with a traditional commonsense theory of knowledge that can be traced back to Aristotle. A realist and fallibilist, he argues closely and in simple language that scientific knowledge, once stated in human language, is no longer part of ourselves but a separate entity that grows through critical selection.

Author : Karl Popper
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781135858957

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Realism and the Aim of Science by Karl Popper Pdf

Realism and the Aim of Science is one of the three volumes of Karl Popper’s Postscript to the Logic of scientific Discovery. The Postscript is the culmination of Popper’s work in the philosophy of physics and a new famous attack on subjectivist approaches to philosophy of science. Realism and the Aim of Science is the first volume of the Postcript. Popper here formulates and explains his non-justificationist theory of knowledge: science aims at true explanatory theories, yet it can never prove, or justify, any theory to be true, not even if is a true theory. Science must continue to question and criticise all its theories, even those that happen to be true. Realism and the Aim of Science presents Popper’s mature statement on scientific knowledge and offers important insights into his thinking on problems of method within science.

Author : Philip Catton,Graham Macdonald
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780415319706

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Karl Popper by Philip Catton,Graham Macdonald Pdf

A volume of insightful new essays by well-known philosophers re-evaluating the significance of Karl Popper's contribution to twentieth-century philosophy.