Karl Popper

Conjectures and Refutations

The Growth of Scientific Knowledge

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Produktbeschreibung

One of Karl Popper's most wide-ranging and popular works, it provides the clearest statement of the fundamental idea that guided his work: that our knowledge grows by an unending process of trial and error.

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Produktdetails

• Routledge Classics
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• 2 ed
• Seitenzahl: 608
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Mai 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 628g
• ISBN-13: 9780415285940
• ISBN-10: 0415285941
• Artikelnr.: 22160185

Autorenporträt

Karl Popper (1902-1994). Philosopher, born in Vienna. One of the most influential and controversial thinkers of the twentieth century.

Inhaltsangabe

INTRODUCTION On the Sources of Knowledge and of Ignorance CONJECTURES 1
Science: Conjectures and Refutations Appendix: Some Problems in the
Philosophy of Science 2 The Nature of Philosophical Problems and their
Roots in Science 3 Three Views Concerning Human Knowledge 4 Towards a
Rational Theory of Tradition 5 Back to the Presocratics 6 A Note on
Berkeley as Precursor of Mach and Einstein 7 Kant's Critique and Cosmology
8 On the Status of Science and of Metaphysics 9 Why are the Calculi of
Logic and Arithmetic Applicable to Reality? 10 Truth, Rationality, and the
Growth of Scientific Knowledge REFUTATIONS 11 The Demarcation Between
Science and Metaphysics 12 Language and the Body-Mind Problem 13A Note on
the Body-Mind Problem 14 Self-Reference and Meaning in Ordinary Language 15
What is Dialectic? 16 Prediction and Prophecy in the Social Sciences 17
Public Opinion and Liberal Principles 18 Utopia and Violence 19 The History
of Our Time: An Optimist's View 20 Humanism and Reason