Karl Popper (Critical Assessments of Leading Philosophers) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415180414 ISBN 13: 9780415180412

Publisher: Routledge, 2003

Synopsis

Born in Austria, Karl Popper (1902-1994) was one of the dominant philosophical thinkers of the 20th century. A ground-breaking thinker, he saw the essence of true science as being the readiness to submit theories to severe testing and to reject them when refuted by test. His first major book in 1935, The Logic of Scientific Discovery, marked him as a major analyst of science and was to have an enormous influence on the way people, including major scientists, came to think about the field.

This collection is a timely assessment of the reactions to and abiding influence of Popper's work and the controversy it caused across many academic and political fields. The set includes early responses to Popper's work from sources difficult to obtain, and also two early reviews (by Carnap and Grelling) in translations specially prepared for this set. It is organised thematically and includes a substantial new introduction by the editor.

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Anthony O'Hear is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Buckingham, where he is also Head of the Department of Education. He is the editor of the journal Philosophy and Honorary Director of the Royal Institute of Philosophy.

Anthony O'Hear is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Buckingham, where he is also Head of the Department of Education. He is the editor of the journal Philosophy and Honorary Director of the Royal Institute of Philosophy.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0415180414
• ISBN 13: 9780415180412
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 1752
• Editor: O'Hear Professor Anthony, O'Hear Anthony