Realism and the Aim of Science - From the Postscript to the Logic of Scientific Discovery

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.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Editor's Foreword Acknowledgements Introduction, 1982 REALISM AND THE AIM OF SCIENCE Preface, 1956 Part I: The Critical Approach Chapter I Induction Chapter II Demarcation Chapter III Metaphysics: Sense of Nonsense? Chapter IV Corroboration Part II: The Propensity Interpretation of Probability Chapter I Objective and Subjective Probabilities Chapter II Criticism of Probabilistic Induction Chapter III Remarks on the Objective Theories of Probability Index

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Karl Popper, W.W. Bartley III

Zusammenfassung

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.

Zusatztext

‘What distinguishes Popper from a great dull army of philosophers of science is that reading him is good for us’ Donald MacKay in Nature

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Karl Popper, Sir Karl Popper
• Mitarbeit: III Bartley (Herausgeber), Iii W. W. Bartley (Herausgeber), W W Bartley (Herausgeber), W W Bartley III (Herausgeber), W. W. Bartley III (Herausgeber), W.W. Bartley III (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 02.11.2015
• EAN: 9781138168947
• ISBN: 978-1-138-16894-7
• Seiten: 464
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Pädagogik > Bildungswesen; Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Naturwissenschaften allgemein; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Philosophie: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke; PHILOSOPHY / General, Philosophy, Philosophy of Science