Karl Popper

ISBN-13: 9780521558150 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 304 str.

Anthony O'Hear

Opis

Few philosophers in this century have had either Karl Popper's range or influence, inside and outside philosophy. This collection of essays by fifteen distinguished philosophers, several of whom have been closely associated with Popper and his work, provides a timely assessment of Popper's contributions in a number of key areas: the methodology and philosophy of science; probability and determinism; quantum theory; biology; the theory of evolution; and the theory and practice of politics.

Recenzje

"All contributions contain useful insights." Michelle Marsonet, Philosophy in Review

Spis treści

Introduction Anthony O'Hear; 1. Popper, science and rationality W. H. Newton-Smith; 2. Popper and reliabilism Peter Lipton; 3. The problem of 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 Günther Wächtershaüser; 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; 15. Ethical foundations of Popper's philosophy Hubert Kieswetter; Index.