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In Search of a Better World Karl Popper

In Search of a Better World By Karl Popper

In Search of a Better World by Karl Popper


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A collection of essays that offers striking new insight into the mind of one of the greatest living philosophers. Popper's subjects range from the beginnings of scientific speculation in Greece to the role of science in the arts.

In Search of a Better World Summary

In Search of a Better World: Lectures and Essays from Thirty Years by Karl Popper

Karl Popper died in 1994

In Search of a Better World Reviews

'It offers us a chance to renew our acquaintance with this veteran philosopher and to learn some new things.' - Jim Baggott, New Scientist

'Each of these essays speaks out in Popper's firm, clear, unambiguous voice ... they are very readable and persuasive on important issues.' - Nature

About Karl Popper

Karl Popper

Table of Contents

Part 1 On Knowledge; Chapter 1 Knowledge and the Shaping of Reality; Chapter 2 On Knowledge and Ignorance; Chapter 3 On the So-Called Sources of Knowledge; Chapter 4 Science and Criticism; Chapter 5 The Logic of the Social Sciences; Chapter 6 Against Big Words; Part 2 On History; Chapter 7 Books and Thoughts; Chapter 8 On Culture Clash; Chapter 9 Immanuel Kant: The Philosopher of the Enlightenment; Chapter 10 Emancipation through Knowledge; Chapter 11 Public Opinion and Liberal Principles; Chapter 12 An Objective Theory of Historical Understanding; Part 3 Von Den Neuesten ... Zusammengestohlen Aus Verschiedenem, Diesem Und Jenen*This title is stolen. It comes from a remark written by Beethoven on the manuscript of a string quartet: 'viertes Quartett, von den Neuesten, fur 2 Violinen, Bratsche und Violincell. Zusammengestohlen aus Verschiedenem, Diesem und Jenen.' An approximate translation of Beethoven's untranslatable playful remark would be: 'Fourth quartet, for 2 violins, viola and cello, pinched from the latest compositions - from the most various ones, from these and from those ....'; Chapter 13 How I see Philosophy; Chapter 14 Toleration and Intellectual Responsibility; Chapter 15 What Does the West Believe in?; Chapter 16 Creative Self-Criticism in Science and in Art;

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NLS9780415135481
9780415135481
0415135486
In Search of a Better World: Lectures and Essays from Thirty Years by Karl Popper
New
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
19951130
256
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