The philosophy of Karl Popper
By: Herbert Keuth.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 367
Subjects: Popper, Karl Raimund, -- Sir, -- 1902-1994
Work titles: Philosophie Karl Poppers.
Description: "Karl Popper is one of the greatest and most influential philosophers of the twentieth century. Perhaps his greatest book, The Logic of Scientific Discovery, sets out his epistemology of critical rationalism, while his most famous book, The Open Society and Its Enemies, applies the principles of critical rationalism to social philosophy." "This book is more comprehensive than any current introduction to Popper. Owing to its perspicuous structure and lucid exposition, it could be used in courses in both the philosophy of science and the philosophy of social science."--BOOK JACKET
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-346) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: The philosophy of science; title: The two fundamental problems in the theory of knowledge; title: The role of theories; title: On the problem of a theory of scientific method; title: The problem of the empirical basis; title: Corroboration; title: Realism and the concept of truth; title: Verisimilitude; title: Probability; title: The social philosophy; title: Knowledge, decision, responsibility; title: The poverty of historicism; title: The open society; title: The "positivist dispute"; title: Metaphysics; title: Natural necessity; title: Determinism versus indeterminism; title: The body-mind problem and the third world.