xii, 185 p. 24 cm. 15 b&w illustrations. Hardcover. Topics: comprehensive rationalism; critical rationalism; pancritical rationalism; induction and corroboration; interpretation of probability; corroboration, tests and predictivism; corroboration and Duhem's thesis; the roles of criticism and dogmatism in science; the aim of science and its evolution; etc. Indexed.

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Title

Popper's Critical Rationalism: A Philosophical Investigation

Publisher

Routledge, New York

Publication Date

2011

ISBN 10

0415992443

ISBN 13

9780415992442

Binding

Hardcover

Condition

New

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Philosophy

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Popper’s Critical Rationalism presents Popper’s views on science, knowledge, and inquiry, and examines the significance and tenability of these in light of recent developments in philosophy of science, philosophy of probability, and epistemology. It develops a fresh and novel philosophical position on science, which employs key insights from Popper while rejecting other elements of his philosophy.

Central theses include:

Crucial questions about scientific method arise at the level of the group, rather than that of the individual.

Although criticism is vital for science, dogmatism is important too.

Belief in scientific theories is permissible even in the absence of evidence in their favour.

The aim of science is to eliminate false theories.

Critical rationalism can be understood as a form of virtue epistemology

About the Author

Darrell P. Rowbottom is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford.

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