Anthony O'Hear (Edited by)

Karl Popper

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Sir Karl Popper was a major thinker of the twentieth century. The several chapters in this classic volume focus on many key elements of Popper's thought and philosophy, which remain deeply relevant today. This important book constitutes an essential introduction to some the most esteemed philosophical writing of our times.

Produktdetails

• Talking Philosophy
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 462
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 195mm x 128mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 478g
• ISBN-13: 9781009230094
• ISBN-10: 1009230093
• Artikelnr.: 67676120

Inhaltsangabe

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.