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Karl Popper
Philosophy and Problems

Part of Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements

Author: Anthony O'Hear, University of Bradford

Anthony O'Hear, W. H. Newton-Smith, Peter Lipton, E. G. Zahar, John Worrall, Donald Gillies, David Miller, Peter Clark, Michael Redhead; Günther Wächtershaüser; John Watkins; Michael Smithurst;Kenneth Monogue; Graham MacDonald; Brayn Magee; Hubert Kieswetter;

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Date Published: March 1996
availability: Available
format: Paperback
isbn: 9780521558150

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Few philosophers in this century have had either Karl Popper's range or influence, inside and outside philosophy. This collection of essays by fifteen distinguished philosophers, several of whom have been closely associated with Popper and his work, provides a timely assessment of Popper's contributions in a number of key areas: the methodology and philosophy of science; probability and determinism; quantum theory; biology; the theory of evolution; and the theory and practice of politics.
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Product details
- Date Published: March 1996
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521558150
- length: 304 pages
- dimensions: 234 x 160 x 19 mm
- weight: 0.48kg
- contains: 5 b/w illus.
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Introduction Anthony O'Hear
1. Popper, science and rationality W. H. Newton-Smith
2. Popper and reliabilism Peter Lipton
3. The problem of empirical basis E. G. Zahar
4. 'Revolution in permanence': Popper on theory-change in science John Worrall
5. Popper's contribution to the philosophy of probability Donald Gillies
6. Propensities and indeterminism David Miller
7. Popper on determinism Peter Clark
8. Popper and the quantum theory Michael Redhead
9. The uses of Karl Popper Günther Wächtershaüser
10. Popper and Darwinism John Watkins
11. Popper and the scepticism of evolutionary epistemology, or, what were human beings made for? Michael Smithurst
12. Does Popper explain historical explanation? Kenneth Minogue
13. The grounds for anti-historicism Graham MacDonald
14. What use is Popper to a politician? Bryan Magee
15. Ethical foundations of Popper's philosophy Hubert Kieswetter
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Anthony O'Hear, University of Bradford
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Anthony O'Hear, W. H. Newton-Smith, Peter Lipton, E. G. Zahar, John Worrall, Donald Gillies, David Miller, Peter Clark, Michael Redhead; Günther Wächtershaüser; John Watkins; Michael Smithurst;Kenneth Monogue; Graham MacDonald; Brayn Magee; Hubert Kieswetter;