Karl Popper
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- Editor: Anthony O'Hear, University of Buckingham
- Date Published: May 2024
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Sir Karl Popper was a major thinker of the twentieth century, one who – as Anthony O'Hear writes in his new Foreword – 'has had a beneficent influence on those who have come under the spell of his thought and of the inimitable prose in which he articulates it'. It is now twenty-five years since Popper died, and thus seems – after a quarter of a century – an apposite moment to revaluate his impact, significance, and influence. The several chapters in this classic volume focus on many key elements of Popper's thought and philosophy. They are by no means uncritical, but afford Popper the respect due to a philosopher who wrote always with a degree of clarity, precision, and directness rare in the academic world of his time, and – as O'Hear puts it – 'even rarer subsequently'. This important book constitutes an essential introduction to some of the most esteemed philosophical writing of our times.
Read more- Reassesses Popper's thought in key areas like the philosophy of science; quantum theory; biology; the theory of evolution; and the theory and practice of politics
- A new Foreword by Anthony O'Hear looks at Popper in our present-day context
- Shows why Popper's work deserves ongoing consideration and study
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- Date Published: May 2024
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781009230094
- length: 462 pages
- dimensions: 198 x 126 x 24 mm
- weight: 0.479kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Introduction Anthony O' Hear
1. Popper, science and rationality W. H. Newto-Smith
2. Popper and reliabilism Peter Lipton
3. The problem of the 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 Gunter Wachtershauser
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.
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