This collection of essays provides a timely assessment of the life and work of one of the twentieth century's most original thinkers.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction Anthony O'Hear; 1. Popper, science and rationality W. H. Newton-Smith; 2. Popper and reliabilism Peter Lipton; 3. The problem of empirical basis E. G. Zahar; 4. 'Revolution in permanence': Popper on theory-change in science John Worrall; 5. Popper's contribution to the philosophy of probability Donald Gillies; 6. Propensities and indeterminism David Miller; 7. Popper on determinism Peter Clark; 8. Popper and the quantum theory Michael Redhead; 9. The uses of Karl Popper Günther Wächtershaüser; 10. Popper and Darwinism John Watkins; 11. Popper and the scepticism of evolutionary epistemology, or, what were human beings made for? Michael Smithurst; 12. Does Popper explain historical explanation? Kenneth Minogue; 13. The grounds for anti-historicism Graham MacDonald; 14. What use is Popper to a politician? Bryan Magee; 15. Ethical foundations of Popper's philosophy Hubert Kieswetter; Index.
