Works by Karl Popper
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- (4 other versions)The logic of scientific discovery.Karl Raimund Popper -1934 - New York: Routledge. Edited by Hutchinson Publishing Group.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 alongsideThe 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.
- Objective knowledge: an evolutionary approach.Karl Raimund Popper -1972 - New York: Oxford University Press.The essays in this volume represent an approach to human knowledge that has had a profound influence on many recent thinkers. Popper breaks with a traditional commonsense theory of knowledge that can be traced back to Aristotle. A realist and fallibilist, he argues closely and in simple language that scientific knowledge, once stated in human language, is no longer part of ourselves but a separate entity that grows through critical selection.
- The Self and its Brain: An Argument for Interactionism.John C. Eccles &Karl Popper -1977 - Routledge.The relation between body and mind is one of the oldest riddles that has puzzled mankind. That material and mental events may interact is accepted even by the law: our mental capacity to concentrate on the task can be seriously reduced by drugs. Physical and chemical processes may act upon the mind; and when we are writing a difficult letter, our mind acts upon our body and, through a chain of physical events, upon the mind of the recipient of the (...) letter. This is what the authors of this book call the 'interaction of mental and physical events'. We know very little about this interaction; and according to recent philosophical fashions this is explained by the alleged fact that we have brains but no thoughts. The authors of this book stress that they cannot solve the body mind problem; but they hope that they have been able to shed new light on it. Eccles especially with his theory that the brain is a detector and amplifier; a theory that has given rise to important new developments, including new and exciting experiments; and Popper with his highly controversial theory of 'World 3'. They show that certain fashionable solutions which have been offered fail to understand the seriousness of the problems of the emergence of life, or consciousness and of the creativity of our minds. In Part I, Popper discusses the philosophical issue between dualist or even pluralist interaction on the one side, and materialism and parallelism on the other. There is also a historical review of these issues. In Part II, Eccles examines the mind from the neurological standpoint: the structure of the brain and its functional performance under normal as well as abnormal circumstances. The result is a radical and intriguing hypothesis on the interaction between mental events and detailed neurological occurrences in the cerebral cortex. Part III, based on twelve recorded conversations, reflects the exciting exchange between the authors as they attempt to come to terms with their opinions. (shrink)
- (4 other versions)Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge.Karl Raimund Popper -1962 - London, England: Routledge.The way in which knowledge progresses, and especially our scientific knowledge, is by unjustified 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'. 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. (shrink)
- The poverty of historicism.Karl Raimund Popper -1960 - London,: Routledge and Kegan Paul.Hailed on publication in 1957 as "probably the only book published this year that will outlive the century," this is a brilliant of the idea that there are ...
- (1 other version)The Open Society and its Enemies.Karl R. Popper -1945 - Princeton: Routledge. Edited by Alan Ryan & E. H. Gombrich.‘If in this book harsh words are spoken about some of the greatest among the intellectual leaders of mankind, my motive is not, I hope, to belittle them. It springs rather from my conviction that, if our civilization is to survive, we must break with the habit of deference to great men.’ - Karl Popper, from the Preface Written in political exile during the Second World War and first published in two volumes in 1945, Karl Popper’s _The Open Society and (...) Its Enemies _is one of the most influential books of all time. Hailed by Bertrand Russell as a ‘vigorous and profound defence of democracy’, its now legendary attack on the philosophies of Plato, Hegel and Marx exposed the dangers inherent in centrally planned political systems and through underground editions become an inspiration to lovers of freedom living under communism in Eastern Europe. Popper’s highly accessible style, his erudite and lucid explanations of the thoughts of great philosophers and the recent resurgence of totalitarian regimes around the world are just three of the reasons for the enduring popularity of _The Open Society and Its Enemies_ and why it demands to be read today and in years to come. (shrink)
- (1 other version)Realism and the aim of science.Karl R. Popper -1993 - New York: Routledge. Edited by William Warren Bartley.Popper formulates and explains his non-justificationist theory of knowledge. Science--empirical science--aims at true explanatory theories, yet it can never prove, finally establish, or justify any of its theories as true, not even if it is in fact a true theory. Science must continue to question and criticize all its theories, even those which happen to be true.
- (1 other version)Unended Quest: An Intellectual Autobiography.Karl Raimund Popper -1976 - New York: Routledge.At the age of eight, Karl Popper was puzzling over the idea of infinity and by fifteen was beginning to take a keen interest in his father's well-stocked library of books. Unended Quest recounts these moments and many others in the life of one of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century, providing an indispensable account of the ideas that influenced him most. As an introduction to Popper's philosophy, Unended Quest also shines. Popper lucidly explains the central ideas in (...) his work, making this book ideal for anyone coming to Popper's life and work for the first time. (shrink)
- The Poverty of Historicism.Karl Raimund Popper -1957 - London,: Routledge.First published in 1986. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
- Objective knowledge, an evolutionary approach.Karl R. Popper -1974 -Revue Philosophique de la France Et de l'Etranger 166 (1):72-73.
- Quantum theory and the schism in physics.Karl Raimund Popper -1992 - New York: Routledge.The basic theme of Popper's philosophy--that something can come from nothing--is related to the present situation in physical theory. Popper carries his investigation right to the center of current debate in quantum physics. He proposes an interpretation of physics--and indeed an entire cosmology--which is realist, conjectural, deductivist and objectivist, anti-positivist, and anti-instrumentalist. He stresses understanding, reminding us that our ignorance grows faster than our conjectural knowledge.
- Logik der Forschung.Karl Popper -1934 -Erkenntnis 5 (1):290-294.No categories
- (1 other version)The propensity interpretation of probability.Karl R. Popper -1959 -British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 10 (37):25-42.
- The Open Society and its Enemies: The Spell of Plato.Karl Popper -2002 - Routledge.Written in political exile during the Second World War and first published in 1945, Karl Popper's The Open Society and Its Enemies is one of the most influential books of the twentieth century. Hailed by Bertrand Russell as a 'vigorous and profound defence of democracy', its now legendary attack on the philosophies of Plato, Hegel and Marx exposed the dangers inherent in centrally planned political systems. Popper's highly accessible style, his erudite and lucid explanations of the thought of great philosophers (...) and the recent resurgence of totalitarian regimes around the world are just three of the reasons for the enduring popularity of The Open Society and Its Enemies , and for why it demands to be read both today and in years to come. This is the first of two volumes of The Open Society and Its Enemies. (shrink)
- The Poverty of Historicism.Karl R. Popper -1957 -Philosophy 35 (135):357-358.No categories
- Normal science and its dangers.Karl Popper -1970 - In Imre Lakatos & Alan Musgrave,Criticism and the growth of knowledge. Cambridge [Eng.]: Cambridge University Press. pp. 51--8.
- The open universe: an argument for indeterminism.Karl Raimund Popper -1982 - London: Routledge.The Open Universe is the centerpiece of the argument of the Postscript.
- (1 other version)Realism and the Aim of Science.Karl R. Popper &W. W. Bartley -1983 -Philosophy of Science 50 (4):669-671.
- The Propensity Interpretation of the Calculus of Probability, and the Quantum Theory.Karl R. Popper -1957 - In Stefan Körner,Observation and Interpretation: A Symposium of Philosophers and Physicists. Butterworth. pp. 65--70.
- (1 other version)The Myth of the Framework: In Defence of Science and Rationality.Karl Popper &M. A. Notturno -1994 -Philosophy 71 (276):315-319.No categories
- Natural selection and the emergence of mind.Karl Popper -1978 -Dialectica 32 (3‐4):339-55.
- Evolutionary Epistemology, Rationality, and the Sociology of Knowledge.Gerard Radnitzky &Karl Raimund Popper -1987 - Open Court Publishing."Bartley and Radnitzky have done the philosophy of knowledge a tremendous service. Scholars now have a superb and up-to-date presentation of the fundamental ideas of evolutionary epistemology." --Philosophical Books.
- All Life is Problem Solving.Karl Raimund Popper -1999 - Routledge._'Never before has there been so many and such dreadful weapons in so many irresponsible hands.'__ - Karl Popper, from the Preface_ _All Life is Problem Solving_ is a stimulating and provocative selection of Popper's writings on his main preoccupations during the last twenty-five years of his life. This collection illuminates Popper's process of working out key formulations in his theory of science, and indicates his view of the state of the world at the end of the Cold War and (...) after the collapse of communism. (shrink)
- What is dialectic?Karl R. Popper -1940 -Mind 49 (196):403-426.
- Quantum Theory and the Schism in Physics: From the Postscript to the Logic of Scientific Discovery.Karl R. Popper -1982 - New York: Routledge.Quantum Theory and the Schism in Physics is one of the three volumes of Karl Popper’s Postscript to the Logic of scientific Discovery . The Postscript is the culmination of Popper’s work in the philosophy of physics and a new famous attack on subjectivist approaches to philosophy of science. Quantum Theory and the Schism in Physics is the third volume of the Postscript . It may be read independently, but it also forms part of Popper’s interconnected argument in the Postscript (...) . It presents Popper’s classic statement on quantum physics and offers important insights into his thinking on problems of method within science and physics as a whole. (shrink)
- The Logic of Scientific Discovery.Patterns of Discovery.Karl R. Popper &Norwood R. Hanson -1960 -Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 21 (2):266-268.No categories
- Science: Conjectures and refutations.Karl Popper -unknown“There could be no fairer destiny for any. . . theory than that it should point the way to a more comprehensive theory in which it lives on, as a limiting case.” ALBERT EINSTEIN..
- Knowledge and the Body-Mind Problem: In Defence of Interaction.Karl Raimund Popper (ed.) -1994 - New York: Routledge.One of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century, Sir Karl Popper here examines the problems connected with human freedom, creativity, rationality and the relationship between human beings and their actions. In this illuminating series of papers, Popper suggests a theory of mind-body interaction that relates to evolutionary emergence, human language and what he calls "the three worlds." Rene; Descartes first posited the existence of two worlds--the world of physical bodies and the world of mental states. Popper argues for (...) the existence of "world 3" which comprises the products of our human minds. He examines the interaction between mental states--hopes, needs, plans, ideologies or hypotheses--and the physical states of our brain. Popper forcefully argues against the materialism forwarded by many philosophers which denies the existence of mental states. Instead, he demonstrates that the problem of the interaction between mental and physical states remains unresolved. Knowledge and the Body-Mind Problem is based on Popper's never-before published lectures at Emory University in 1969. Popper has extensively revised the lectures but has retained their accessible format. He has also incorporated some of the discussions which followed the lectures, providing an engaging exchange between the philosopher and his audience. (shrink)
- Indeterminism in quantum physics and in classical physics.Karl R. Popper -1950 -British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 1 (2):117-133.
- The Myth of the Framework.Karl R. Popper -1987 - In Joseph C. Pitt & Marcello Pera,Rational Changes in Science. Essays on Scientific Reasoning: Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol. 98. Dordrecht: pp. 35-62.
- (4 other versions)The Self and Its Brain: An Argument for Interactionism.Karl R. Popper &John C. Eccles -1977 -Philosophy 54 (208):249-251.No categories
- In Search of a Better World: Lectures and Essays From Thirty Years.Karl Raimund Popper -1992 - New York: Routledge.'I want to begin by declaring that I regard scientific knowledge as the most important kind of knowledge we have', writes Sir Karl Popper in the opening essay of this book, which collects his meditations on the real improvements science has wrought in society, in politics and in the arts in the course of the twentieth century. His subjects range from the beginnings of scientific speculation in classical Greece to the destructive effects of twentieth century totalitarianism, from major figures of (...) the Enlightenment such as Kant and Voltaire to the role of science and self-criticism in the arts. The essays offer striking new insights into the mind of one of the greatest twentieth century philosophers. (shrink)
- (2 other versions)Logik der forschung.Karl Raimund Popper (ed.) -1935 - Wien,: J. Springer.No categories
- (1 other version)A World of Propensities.Karl R. Popper -1991 -Mind 100 (1):161-162.No categories
- Of clouds and clocks.Karl Raimund Popper -1966 - St. Louis,: Washington University.
- (1 other version)Two autonomous axiom systems for the calculus of probabilities.Karl R. Popper -1955 -British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 6 (21):51-57.
- Realism and the Aim of Science: From the Postscript to the Logic of Scientific Discovery.Karl Raimund Popper -1983 - New York: Routledge. Edited by William Warren Bartley.Realism and the Aim of Science is one of the three volumes of Karl Popper’s Postscript to the Logic of scientific Discovery. The Postscript is the culmination of Popper’s work in the philosophy of physics and a new famous attack on subjectivist approaches to philosophy of science. Realism and the Aim of Science is the first volume of the Postcript . Popper here formulates and explains his non-justificationist theory of knowledge: science aims at true explanatory theories, yet it can never (...) prove, or justify, any theory to be true, not even if is a true theory. Science must continue to question and criticise all its theories, even those that happen to be true. Realism and the Aim of Science presents Popper’s mature statement on scientific knowledge and offers important insights into his thinking on problems of method within science. (shrink)
- (1 other version)Degree of confirmation.Karl R. Popper -1954 -British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 5 (18):143-149.
- The Open Universe.Karl R. Popper -1983 -Philosophy of Science 50 (4):651-656.
- A note on verisimilitude.Karl Popper -1976 -British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 27 (2):147-159.
- (1 other version)The world of Parmenides: essays on the pre-Socratic Enlightenment.Karl Raimund Popper -1998 - New York: Routledge. Edited by Arne Friemuth Petersen & Jørgen Mejer.The World of Parmenides is a unique collection of essays that not only explores the complexity of ancient Greek thought, but also reveals Popper's engagement with Presocratic philosophy and the enlightenment he experienced in reading Parmenides. It includes writings on Greek science, philosophy and history and demonstrates Popper's life-long fascination with the presocratic philosophers, in particular Parmenides, Xenophanes and Heraclitus.
- The rationality principle.Karl Popper -1985 - In David Miller,Popper Selections. Princeton. pp. 357--365.
- Popper selections.Karl R. Popper -1983 - Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. Edited by David Miller.A sampling of the philosophical writings of Karl Popper includes discussions of rationalism, knowledge, human freedom, and the scientific method.
- Knowledge and the Body-Mind Problem: In Defence of Interaction.Karl R. Popper -1995 -Utopian Studies 8 (1):211-212.
- New foundations for logic.Karl Popper -1947 -Mind 56 (223):193-235.
- (1 other version)On the Sources of Knowledge and of Ignorance.Karl R. Popper -1962 -Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 23 (2):292-293.
- Conjectures et réfutations.Karl R. Popper, Michelle-irène &Marc B. de Launay -1987 -Revue Philosophique de la France Et de l'Etranger 177 (1):90-92.
- After the Open Society: Selected Social and Political Writings.Karl Raimund Popper,Jeremy Shearmur &Piers Norris Turner -2008 - New York: Routledge. Edited by Jeremy Shearmur & Piers Norris Turner.In this long-awaited volume, Jeremy Shearmur and Piers Norris Turner bring to light Popper's most important unpublished and uncollected writings from the time of The Open Society until his death in 1994. After The Open Society: Selected Social and Political Writings reveals the development of Popper's political and philosophical thought during and after the Second World War, from his early socialism through to the radical humanitarianism of The Open Society. The papers in this collection, many of which are available here (...) for the first time, demonstrate the clarity and pertinence of Popper's thinking on such topics as religion, history, Plato and Aristotle, while revealing a lifetime of unwavering political commitment. After The Open Society illuminates the thought of one of the twentieth century's greatest philosophers and is essential reading for anyone interested in the recent course of philosophy, politics, history and society. (shrink)
- Philosophy of science: A personal report.Karl R. Popper -1957 - In J. H. Muirhead,British Philosophy in the Mid-Century. George Allen and Unwin. pp. 182--83.No categories
- Back to the Pre-Socratics: The Presidential Address.Karl R. Popper -1959 -Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society 59:1 - 24.Karl R. Popper; I.—Back to the Pre-Socratics: The Presidential Address, Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, Volume 59, Issue 1, 1 June 1959, Pages 1–24, ht.
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