Pristine copy. Reprints essays and drafts from 1930-1933, original German ed. 1978, this Routledge Classic edition is 1st English translation. 15.5 cm x 23.5 cm.

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Title

THE TWO FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEMS OF THE THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE

Publisher

Routledge, London & New York

Publication Date

2012

Language

English

ISBN 10

0415610222

ISBN 13

9780415610223

Binding

Soft cover

Edition

1st Thus

Condition

As New

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In a letter of 1932, Karl Popper described Die beiden Grundprobleme der Erkenntnistheorie – The Two Fundamental Problems of the Theory of Knowledge – as ‘…a child of crises, above all of …the crisis of physics.’

Finally available in English, it is a major contribution to the philosophy of science, epistemology and twentieth century philosophy generally.
The two fundamental problems of knowledge that lie at the centre of the book are the problem of induction, that although we are able to observe only a limited number of particular events, science nevertheless advances unrestricted universal statements; and the problem of demarcation, which asks for a separating line between empirical science and non-science.

Popper seeks to solve these two basic problems with his celebrated theory of falsifiability, arguing that the inferences made in science are not inductive but deductive; science does not start with observations and proceed to generalise them but with problems, which it attacks with bold conjectures.

The Two Fundamental Problems of the Theory of Knowledge is essential reading for anyone interested in Karl Popper, in the history and philosophy of science, and in the methods and theories of science itself.

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Karl Popper (1902–94). Philosopher, born in Vienna. One of the most influential and controversial thinkers of the twentieth century.

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