All Life Is Problem Solving

ISBN-13: 9780415249928 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 184 str.

Karl R Popper

Opis

'All Life is Problem Solving' consists of 15 occasional pieces, spanning the years from 1958 until 1993, and presents an insight into the diversity of Popper's key interests throughout his life.

Spis treści

Publisher's note Preface PART I Questions of natural science 1. The logic and evolution of scientific theory (1972) 2. Notes of a realist on the body-mind problem (1972) 3. Epistemology and the problem of peace (1985) 4. The epistemological position of evolutionary epistemology (1986) 5. Towards an evolutionary theory of knowledge (1989) 6. Kepler's metaphysics of the solar system and his empirical criticism (1986/91) PART II Thoughts on history and politics 7. On freedom (1958/67) 8. On the theory of democracy (1987) 9. All life is problem solving (1991) 10. Against the cynical interpretation of history (1991) 11. 'Waging wars for peace' (1992) 12. The collapse of communism: understanding the past and influencing the future (1992) 13. The necessity of peace (1993) 14. Masaryk and the open society (1994) 15. How I became a philosopher without trying (1992) Subject index Name index

O autorze

Karl Popper, Patrick Camiller