Could science, if properly understood, provide us with the methodological key to the salvation of humanity? That is a chief question coursing through the works of Karl Popper, who famously maintained that science cannot verify theories but only refute them, thereby bringing abou…
Rev. ed. of: Popper. 1973. Bibliography: p. 117-119.
"Karl Popper and Friedrich von Hayek are remembered as two of the twentieth century's greatest proponents of open society. However, over the years, Hayek's ideas have tended to be favoured over Popper's in both academic and political discussions. This book aims to improve unders…
"Karl Popper and Friedrich von Hayek are remembered as two of the twentieth century's greatest proponents of open society. However, over the years, Hayek's ideas have tended to be favoured over Popper's in both academic and political discussions. This book aims to improve unders…
Dieses Buch beleuchtet die Aktualitaet der Philosophie Karl Poppers, des Kritischen Rationalismus, aus dem Gesichtspunkt verschiedener Disziplinen. Den Schwerpunkt bilden Weiterentwicklungen von Fragestellungen der Wissenschafts- und Erkenntnistheorie und der politischen und Soz…
A reexamination of evolution, and its biological and social implications, on the 150th anniversary (in 2009) of Charles Darwin's Origin of Species
Karl Popper long ago diagnosed the logical problems of traditional enlightenment rationalism, but instead of pretending that they are readily solved or embracing irrational defeatism, he provided a cogent and liberating rationalist alternative. This book promotes, defends, criti…
"David Miller is the foremost exponent of the purist critical rationalist doctrine and here presents his mature views, discussing the role that logic and argument play in the growth of knowledge, criticizing the common understanding of argument as an instrument of justification,…