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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