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Unended quest: An intellectual autobiography

Politics & Social Sciences

POPPER, KARL

Philosophy

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The logic of scientific discovery (Radius Books)

HarperCollins Publishers, Ltd

Described by the philosopher A.J. Ayer as a work of 'great originality and power', this book revolutionized contemporary thinking on science and knowledge. Ideas such as the now legendary doctrine of 'falsificationism' electrified the scientific community, influencing even working scientists, as well as post-war philosophy. This astonishing work ranks alongside The Open Society and Its Enemies as one of Popper's most enduring books and contains insights and arguments that demand to be read to this day.

Logic of Scientific Discovery

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

University of Chicago Press

Conjectures and Refutations is one of Karl Popper's most wide-ranging and popular works, notable not only for its acute insight into the way scientific knowledge grows, but also for applying those insights to politics and to history. It provides one of the clearest and most accessible statements of the fundamental idea that guided his work: not only our knowledge, but our aims and our standards, grow through an unending process of trial and error.

Conjectures and Refutations

Bertrand Russell described this study, with its companion volume on Hegel and Marx, as 'a work of first-class importance which ought to be widely read for its masterly criticism of the enemies of democracy, ancient and modern. His (Popper's) attack on Plato, while unorthodox, is in my opinion thoroughly justified. His analysis of Hegel is deadly. Marx is dissected with equal acumen, and given his due share of responsibility for modern misfortunes. The book is a vigorous and profound defence of democracy, timely, very interesting, and very well written'.'A powerful and important book. It is a criticism of a set of dogmas which underlie the most influential political theories, and in consequence powerfully affect the actual conduct of human affairs. Dr Popper writes with extreme clarity and vigour. His studies in Greek history and Greek thought have obviously been profound and original. Platonic exegesis will never be the same again. Nor, I think, will Marxist exegesis. Readers should not miss studying the notes collected at the end of the two volumes.' - Gilbert Ryle, Mind

The Open Society and its Enemies: Volume I: The Spell of Plato

Routledge

The way in which knowledge progresses, and especially our scientific knowledge, is by unjustified (and unjustifiable) anticipations, by guesses, by tentative solutions to our problems, by conjectures. These conjectures are controlled by criticism: that is, by attempted refutations, which include severely critical tests. They may survive these tests; but they can never be positively justified: they can neither be established as certainly true nor even as 'probable' (in the sense of the probability calculus). Criticism of our conjectures is of decisive importance: by bringing out our mistakes it makes us understand the difficulties of the problems which we try to solve. This is how we become better acquainted with our problem, and able to propose more mature solutions: the very refutation of a theory - that is, of a tentative solution to our problem - is always a step forward that takes us nearer the truth. And this is how we can learn from our mistakes. As we learn from our mistakes our knowledge grows, even though we may never know - that is, know for certain. Since our knowledge can grow, there can be no reason here for despair of reason. And since we can never know for certain, the can be no authority here for any claim to authority, for conceit over our knowledge, or for smugness. The essays and lectures of which this book is composed apply this thesis to many topics, ranging from problems of the philosophy and history of the physical and social sciences to historical and political problems.

Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge (Routledge Classics) (Volume 17)

Science & Math

Bertrand Russell described this study, with its companion volume on Plato, as a work of first-class importance. Karl Popper writes with extreme clarity and vigour. Platonic history will never be the same again.

The Open Society and its Enemies: Volume II: The High Tide of Prophecy: Hegel, Marx and the Aftermath

First published in 1986. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The Poverty of Historicism (Routledge Classics) (Volume 88)

History

The Open Universe: An Argument for Indeterminism From the Postscript to The Logic of Scientific Discovery

First published in 1988. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &amp; Francis, an informa company.

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Unended quest: An intellectual autobiography

Unended quest: An intellectual autobiography

The logic of scientific discovery (Radius Books)

Logic of Scientific Discovery

Conjectures and Refutations

The Open Society and its Enemies: Volume I: The Spell of Plato

Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge (Routledge Classics) (Volume 17)

The Open Society and its Enemies: Volume II: The High Tide of Prophecy: Hegel, Marx and the Aftermath

The Poverty of Historicism (Routledge Classics) (Volume 88)

The Open Universe: An Argument for Indeterminism From the Postscript to The Logic of Scientific Discovery