The philosophy of Karl Popper / Herbert Keuth.

  • Keuth, Herbert, 1940-
Date:
2005
  • Books

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Publication/Creation

New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.

Physical description

xv, 367 pages ; 24 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-346) and indexes.

Contents

The philosophy of science -- The two fundamental problems in the theory of knowledge -- The role of theories -- On the problem of a theory of scientific method -- The problem of the empirical basis -- Corroboration -- Realism and the concept of truth -- Verisimilitude -- Probability -- The social philosophy -- Knowledge, decision, responsibility -- The poverty of historicism -- The open society -- The "positivist dispute" -- Natural necessity -- Determinism versus indeterminism -- The body-mind problem and the third world.

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  • 0521839467
  • 0521548306