Karl Popper

Karl Popper

by Parvin, Philip

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Karl Popper is best known for his contributions to the philosophy of science and the history of ideas. Elements of Popper's thought were clearly libertarian or conservative in character. His politics, however, were recognisably social democratic. His ideal of an open society was not a free market utopia, but a political community in which diverse people engaged with one another in constructive dialogue to seek political solutions to common problems. If Popper made important and enduring contrib…

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  • Full title :Karl Popper / Phil Parvin.

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Karl Popper is best known for his contributions to the philosophy of science and the history of ideas. Elements of Popper's thought were clearly libertarian or conservative in character. His politics, however, were recognisably social democratic. His ideal of an open society was not a free market utopia, but a political community in which diverse people engaged with one another in constructive dialogue to seek political solutions to common problems. If Popper made important and enduring contributions to the libertarian and conservative traditions, it would be a mistake to uncritically label hi.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2010.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Continuum
  • Place of Publication:New York
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2010.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (xii, 168 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781441159311, 1441159312, 1283206587, 9781283206587, 1501301551, 9781501301551, 9786613206589, 661320658X, 9781441185396, 1441185399
  • DOI:10.5040/9781501301551
  • oclc:ocn741691476
  • LC Classification:JC257.P662
  • Dewey Decimal:320.092

Table of Contents

HalfTitle; Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; Series Editor's Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Intellectual Biography; Early beginnings; The Pedagogic Institute; Wittgenstein and the Vienna Circle; 'A fighting book'; The later years; 2 Popper's Ideas; Popper's epistemology; From science to social science; From social science to politics; The Open Society; 3 Reception and Influence of Popper's Philosophy; Popper, Burke, and the fallibility of reason; Radical politics, radical philosophy; Popper and the rise of the New Right; A final word on ideologies.

4 The Contemporary Relevance of Popper's PhilosophyConclusion; Bibliography; Index.

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Subjects

Political and social views POLITICAL SCIENCE -- History & Theory Political science -- Philosophy Popper, Karl R., (Karl Raimund)

Writers

Parvin, Philip

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