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The Two Fundamental Problems of the Theory of Knowledge (Hardcover)
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The Two Fundamental Problems of the Theory of Knowledge (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Classics
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In a letter of 1932, Karl Popper described "Die Beiden
Grundrpobleme der Erkenntnistheorie" - 'The Two Fundamental
Problems of Knowledge' - as .,."a child of crises, ... above all of
... the crisis of physics. It asserts the permanence of crisis; if
it is right, then crisis is the normal state of a highly developed
rational science." Finally available in English for the first time,
it is a major contribution to the philosophy of science and
twentieth century philosophy generally.
Drawing on important research Popper carried out between 1930 and
1933, "Die Beiden Grundrpobleme der Erkenntnistheor"ie was not
published in German until the early 1980's. The two fundamental
problems of knowledge that lie at the center of the book are the
problems of "induction," the theory that although we are only able
to observe a limited number of particular events, science
nevertheless advances universal statements; and the problem of
"demarcation"; what separates empirical science from
non-science?
Popper seeks to solve these two basic problems with his celebrated
theory of falsificationism. He argues that science is separated
from non-science not by the verifiability but by the falsifiability
of its theories. Popper also argues that science is not inductive
but ultimately deductive; it does not start out from observations
and generalize from them, as many presumed, but starts with
problems, which it attacks with bold conjectures.
As such, "The Two Fundamental Problems of Knowledge" contains many
of the celebrated arguments that were to later find full expression
in Popper's most celebrated work, "The Logic of Scientific
Discovery," It is therefore essential reading for anyone interested
inKarl Popper, the history and philosophy of science, and the
methods and theories of science itself.
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