Karl Popper

In Search of a Better World (eBook, ePUB)

Lectures and Essays from Thirty Years

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A collection of essays that offers striking new insight into the mind of one of the greatest living philosophers. Popper's subjects range from the beginnings of scientific speculation in Greece to the role of science in the arts.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135975081
• Artikelnr.: 38449794

Autorenporträt

Karl Popper

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 On Knowledge
Chapter 1 Knowledge and the Shaping of Reality
Chapter 2 On Knowledge and Ignorance
Chapter 3 On the So-Called Sources of Knowledge
Chapter 4 Science and Criticism
Chapter 5 The Logic of the Social Sciences
Chapter 6 Against Big Words
Part 2 On History
Chapter 7 Books and Thoughts
Chapter 8 On Culture Clash
Chapter 9 Immanuel Kant: The Philosopher of the Enlightenment
Chapter 10 Emancipation through Knowledge
Chapter 11 Public Opinion and Liberal Principles
Chapter 12 An Objective Theory of Historical Understanding
Part 3 Von Den Neuesten ... Zusammengestohlen Aus Verschiedenem, Diesem Und Jenen*This title is stolen. It comes from a remark written by Beethoven on the manuscript of a string quartet: 'viertes Quartett, von den Neuesten, fur 2 Violinen, Bratsche und Violincell. Zusammengestohlen aus Verschiedenem, Diesem und Jenen.' An approximate translation of Beethoven's untranslatable playful remark would be: 'Fourth quartet, for 2 violins, viola and cello, pinched from the latest compositions - from the most various ones, from these and from those ....'
Chapter 13 How I see Philosophy
Chapter 14 Toleration and Intellectual Responsibility
Chapter 15 What Does the West Believe in?
Chapter 16 Creative Self-Criticism in Science and in Art