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Karl Popper (Hardcover): Professor Anthony O'Hear, Anthony O'Hear

Karl Popper (Hardcover)

Professor Anthony O'Hear, Anthony O'Hear

Series: Critical Assessments of Leading Philosophers

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Contents:
Volume I: Biography, Background and Early Reactions to Popper's Work

Part 1: Biography and Background.
1. David Miller, 'Karl Popper: A Scientific Memoir', Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society of London., 43, 1997, pp 369-409.
2. John Watkins, 'Karl Popper. A Memoir.', The American Scholar, 66, 2, 1997, pp 205-219.
3. Malachi Haim Hacohen, 'Red Vienna, the "Jewish Question" and Emigration', in Karl Popper, The Formative Years 1902-45, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000), pp 290-335.
4. Roger Sandall, 'Karl Popper', Salisbury Review, 15, 1, Autumn 1996, pp 12-17.
5. Joseph Agassi, 'Sir Karl Popper in Retrospect' in The Gentle Art of Philosophical Polemics, (La Salle, Ill, Open Court, 1988), pp 479-501.
Part 2: Early Reactions to Logik der Forschung.
6. Viktor Kraft, 'Popper and the Vienna Circle' in P. A. Schilpp (ed), The Philosophy of Karl Popper, (La Salle, Ill, Open Court, 1974), pp 185-204.
7. Hans Reichenbach, 'Induction and Probability: Remarks on Karl Popper's The Logic of Scientific Discovery', translated by Elizabeth Hughes Schneewind, in Maria Reichenbach and Robert S. Cohen, eds., Hans Reichenbach's Selected Writings, 1909-1953, Vol 2, (Dordrecht: Reidel, 1978), pp 372-387. (Originally published as 'Uber Induktion und Warscheinlichkeit: Bemerkungen zu Karl Poppers Logik der Forschung', Erkenntnis, 5, 1935, pp 267-284).
8. Rudolf Carnap, 'Review of The Logic of Scientific Discovery. On the Epistemology of Modern Science. (Writings on the Scientific Conception of the World, vol. 9)', translated for this volume by Roger Hausheer. (Originally published in Erkenntnis, 5, 1935, pp 290-294).
9. Otto Neurath, 'Pseudorationalism of Falsification', in Robert S. Cohen and Marie Neurath, eds. and trans., with the editorial assistance of Carolyn R. Fawcett, Otto Neurath: Philosophical Papers 1913 - 1946, (Boston: Reidel, 1983), pp 121-131. (Originally published as 'Pseudorationalismus der Falsifikation', Erkenntnis, 5, 1935, pp 353-365).
10. Max Black, Review of Logik der Forschung, Mind, 45, 1936, pp 104-106.
11. Kurt Grelling, 'Review of Logik der Forschung', translated for this volume by Roger Hausheer. (Originally published in Theoria, 1, 1937, pp 134-143).
12. Haskell Fain, Review of The Logic of Scientific Discovery, Philosophy of Science, 28, 3, July 1961, pp 319-324.
Part 3: Early reactions to the Social and Political Philosophy
13. C.G.F. Simkin, Social Engineering and Economic Collectivism; lecture given in Christchurch, New Zealand, 22nd July 1945, (Christchurch, NZ: Caxton Press, 1945).
14. H.R. Trevor-Roper, 'The Open Society: Review', Polemic, 3, May 1946, pp 59-65.
15. Gilbert Ryle, Review of The Open Society and Its Enemies, Mind, New Series, 56, 222, April 1947, pp 167-172.
16. Robert Strausz-Hupe, Review of The Open Society and Its Enemies, Philosophy of Science, 15, 3, July 1948, pp 269-271.
17. Leon J. Goldstein, Review of The Poverty of Historicism, Ethics, 68, 4, July 1958, pp 296-297.
18. Charles Taylor, 'The Poverty of The Poverty of Historicism', Universities and New Left Review, 4, Summer 1958, pp 77-78.
19. Maurice Cornforth, 'The Open Society and its Enemies', in The Open Philosophy and the Open Society, Part 3, Chapter 6, (London: Lawrence and Wishart, 1968), pp 373-389.

Volume II: Philosophy of Science 1 (Induction, The Empirical Basis and Demarcation)

Part 1: Induction
20. Wesley Salmon, 'Rational Prediction', British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 32, 2, June 1981, pp 115-125.
21. David Miller, 'Induction: A Problem Solved', in J.M. Bohm, H. Holweg and C. Hoock, eds., Karl Poppers Kritische Rationalismus Heute, (Tubingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2002), pp 81-106. Updated for this volume.
22. David Stove, 'Cole Porter and Karl Popper: the Jazz Age in the Philosophy of Science', in The Plato Cult and Other Philosophical Follies, (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1991), pp 1-26.
23. Hilary Putnam, 'The "Corroboration" of Theories', in P.A. Schilpp, ed., The Philosophy of Karl Popper, (La Salle, Ill: Open Court, 1974), pp 221-240.
24. Zuzana Parusnikova, 'Two Cheers for Karl Popper', manuscript, 19 pages.
25. Andrew J. Swann, 'Popper on Induction', British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 39, 3, September 1988, pp 367-373.
26. Colin Howson, 'Must the Logical Probability of Laws be Zero?', British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 24, 2, June 1973, pp 153-163.
27. Colin Howson, 'Popper, Prior Probabilities and Inductive Inference', British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 38, 2, June 1987, pp 207-224.
28. Alan Musgrave, 'How Popper (Might Have) Solved the Problem of Induction', Invited Address at the Karl Popper 2002 Centenary Conference, Vienna, 3-7 July 2002 (forthcoming in Philosophy).
Part 2: The Empirical Basis
29. John Watkins, 'The Empirical Basis', in Science and Scepticism, (London, Hutchinson, 1984), pp 247-278.
30. E. G. Zahar, 'The Problem of the Empirical Basis' in A. O'Hear, ed., Karl Popper: Philosophy and Problems, (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1995), pp 45-74.
31. A. O'Hear, 'Observation and Theory', in Karl Popper, (London, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1980), pp 68-89.
Part 3: Demarcation
32. Thomas Kuhn, 'Logic of Discovery or Psychology of Research?', in I. Lakatos and A. Musgrave, eds., Criticism and the Growth of Knowledge, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1970), pp 1-23.
33. Paul Feyerabend, 'Consolations for the Specialist', in I. Lakatos and A. Musgrave, eds., Criticism and the Growth of Knowledge, (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1970), pp 197-230.
34. Imre Lakatos, 'Falsification and the Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes', in I. Lakatos and A. Musgrave, eds., Criticism and the Growth of Knowledge, (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1970), pp 91-195.
35. Adolf Grünbaum, 'The Degeneration of Popper's Theory of Demarcation', Epistemologia, 12, 1989, pp 235-260.
36. Elie Zahar, 'The Popper-Lakatos Controversy in the Light of 'Die beiden Grundprobleme der Erkenntnistheorie' ', British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 34, 2, June 1983, pp 149-171.
37. William Kneale, 'Scientific Revolution for Ever?', British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 19, 1, May 1968, pp 27-42.
38. Herbert A. Simon, 'Does Scientific Discovery Have a Logic?' Philosophy of Science, 40, 4, December 1973, pp 471-480.
39. Nicholas Maxwell, 'A Critique of Popper's Views on Scientific Method', Philosophy of Science, 39, 2, June 1972, pp 131-152.
40. John Worrall, '"Revolution in Permanence": Popper on Theory-Change in Science', in A. O'Hear, ed., Karl Popper: Philosophy and Problems, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995), pp 75-102.

Volume III: Philosophy of Science 2 (Verisimilitude; Propensities and Quantum Theory; Science, Rationality and Metaphysics; Biology, Evolution and World 3)

Part 4: Verisimilitude
41. Pavel Tichy, 'On Popper's Definitions of Verisimilitude', British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 25, 2, June 1974, pp 155-160.
42. David Miller, 'Popper's Qualitative Theory of Verisimilitude', British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 25, 2, June 1974, pp 166-177.
43. Graham Oddie, 'The Poverty of the Popperian Programme for Truthlikeness', Philosophy of Science, 53, 2, June 1986, pp 163-178.
44. D. Goldstick and B. O'Neill, 'Truer', Philosophy of Science, 55, 4, Dec 1988, pp 583-597.
45. Adolf Grünbaum, 'Can a Theory Answer more Questions than one of its Rivals?', British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 27, 1, March 1976, pp 1-23.
Part 5: Propensities and Quantum Theory
46. Paul K. Feyerabend, 'On a Recent Critique of Complementarity', Part One, Philosophy of Science, 35, 4, December 1968, pp 309-331; and Part Two, Philosophy of Science, 36, 1, March 1969, pp 82-105.
47. Michael Redhead, 'Popper and the Quantum Theory' in A. O'Hear, ed., Karl Popper: Philosophy and Problems, (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1995), pp 163-176.
48. Henry Krips, 'Popper, Propensities and Quantum Theory', British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 35, 3, September 1984, pp 253-274.
49. David Miller, 'Propensities and Indeterminism', in A. O'Hear, ed., Karl Popper: Philosophy and Problems, (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1995), pp 121-147.
50. Donald Gillies, 'Varieties of Propensity', British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 51, 2000, pp 807-835.
Part 6: Science, Rationality and Metaphysics
51. G.E.R.Lloyd, 'Popper versus Kirk: A Controversy in the Interpretation of Greek Science', British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 18, 1, May 1966, pp 21-38.
52. Peter Urbach, 'Francis Bacon as a Precursor to Popper', British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 33, 2, June 1982, pp 113-132.
53. Joseph Agassi, 'The Nature of Scientific Problems and Their Roots in Metaphysics', in Mario Bunge, ed., The Critical Approach to Science and Philosophy, (Chicago, Free Press, 1964), pp 189-211.
54. Michael Mulkay and G. Nigel Gilbert, 'Putting Philosophy to Work: Karl Popper's Influence on Scientific Practice', Philosophy of the Social Sciences, 11, 1981, pp 389-407.
55. William W. Bartley III, 'Rationality versus the Theory of Rationality', in Mario Bunge, ed., The Critical Approach to Science and Philosophy, (Chicago: Free Press, 1964), pp 3-31.
56. Noretta Koertge, 'The Methodolgical Status of Popper's Rationality Principle', Theory and Decision, 10, 1979, pp 83-95.
57. John F. Post, 'Paradox in Critical Rationalism and Related Theories', Philosophical Forum, 3, 1, 1971, pp 27-61.
58. W.W. Bartley, 'Theories of Rationality' in G. Radnitzky and W.W. Bartley, eds., Evolutionary Epistemology, Rationality and the Sociology of Knowledge, (La Salle, Ill: Open Court, 1987), pp 205-214.
59. John Watkins, 'Comprehensively Critical Rationalism: A Retrospect' in G. Radnitzky and W.W. Bartley, eds., Evolutionary Epistemology, Rationality and the Sociology of Knowledge, (La Salle, Ill: Open Court, 1987), pp 269-277.
Part 7: Biology, Evolution and World 3.
60. W.W. Bartley III, 'Philosophy of Biology Versus Philosophy of Physics' in G. Radnitzky and W.W. Bartley, eds., Evolutionary Epistemology, Rationality and the Sociology of Knowledge, (La Salle, Ill: Open Court, 1987), pp 7-45.
61. Michael Ruse, 'Karl Popper's Philosophy of Biology', Philosophy of Science, 44, 4, December 1977, pp 638-61.
62. Jeroen van Rooijen, 'Interactionism and Evolution: A Critique of Popper', British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 38, 1, March 1988, pp 87-92.
63. Günter Wächtershäuser, 'The Uses of Karl Popper', in A. O'Hear, ed., Karl Popper: Philosophy and Problems, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995), pp 177-189.
64. Gregory Currie, 'Popper's Evolutionary Epistemology: a Critique', Synthese, 37, 1978, pp 413-431.
65. Paul Feyerabend, Review of Popper's Objective Knowledge, Inquiry, 17, 1974, pp 475-507.

Volume IV: Politics and Social Science.

66. Peter Winch, 'Popper and Scientific Method in the Social Sciences', in P.A. Schilpp, ed., The Philosophy of Karl Popper, (La Salle, Ill: Open Court, 1974), pp 889-904.
67. Kenneth Minogue, 'Does Popper Explain Historical Explanation?' in A. O'Hear, ed., Karl Popper: Philosophy and Problems, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995), pp 225-240.
68. Graham Macdonald, 'The Grounds for Anti-Historicism', in A. O'Hear, ed., Karl Popper: Philosophy and Problems, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995), pp 241-257.
69. Peter Urbach, 'The Scientific Standing of Evolutionary Theories of Society', LSE Quarterly, 1, 1, March 1987, pp 23-42.
70. I. C. Jarvie, 'Popper on the Difference between the Natural and the Social Sciences', in P. Levinson, ed., In Pursuit of Truth, (Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey: Humanities Press, 1982), pp 83-107.
71. G.C. Archibald, 'Refutation or Comparison?', British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 17, 4 February 1967, pp 279-296.
72. W.B. Gallie, 'Popper and the Critical Philosophy of History', in M. Bunge, ed., The Critical Approach to Science and Philosophy, (Chicago, Free Press, 1964), pp 410-422.
73. Geoff Stokes, 'Politics, Epistemology and Method: Karl Popper's Conception of Human Nature', Political Studies, 1995, 43, pp 105-123.
74. Neil De Marchi, 'Popper and the LSE Economists', in Neil De Marchi, ed., The Popperian Legacy in Economics, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988), pp 139-166.
75. Robert Nadeau, 'Confuting Popper on the Rationality Principle', Philosophy of the Social Sciences, 23, 4, December 1993, pp 446-467.
76. Gürol Irzik, 'Popper's Piecemeal Engineering: What Is Good for Science is not always Good for Society', British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 36, 1, March 1985, pp 1-10.
77. Charles Pigden, 'Popper Revisited, or What is Wrong with Conspiracy Theories', Philosophy of the Social Sciences, 25, 1, March 1995, pp 3-34.
78. George Klosko, 'Popper's Plato, An Assessment', Philosophy of the Social Sciences, 26, 4, December 1996, pp 507-527.
79. David Frisby, 'The Popper-Adorno Controversy: the Methodolgical Dispute in German Sociology', Philosophy of the Social Sciences, 2, 1972, pp 105-119.
80. Peter Munz, 'The Quixotic Element in The Open Society', Philosophy of the Social Sciences, 27, 1, March 1997, pp 39-55.
81. Fred Eidlin, 'Blindspot of a Liberal Popper and the Problem of Community', Philosophy of the Social Sciences, 27, 1, March 1997, pp 5-23.
82. Jeremy Shearmur, 'The Contemporary Relevance of Popper's Work' in The Political Thought of Karl Popper, (London: Routledge, 1996), pp 159-178 206-208. Updated for this collection.
83. Struan Jacobs, 'Popper, Weber and the Rationalist Approach to Social Explanation', The British Journal of Sociology, 41, 4, December 1990, pp 559-570.
Conclusion
84. John C. Eccles, 'My Living Dialogue with Popper', in P. Levinson, ed., In Pursuit of Truth, (Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey: Humanities Press, 1982), pp 221-236.

General

Imprint: Routledge
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Critical Assessments of Leading Philosophers
Release date: November 2003
First published: 2004
Editors: Professor Anthony O'Hear • Anthony O'Hear
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 108mm (L x W x H)
Format: Hardcover • Hardcover • Hardcover • Hardcover
Pages: 1752
ISBN-13: 978-0-415-18041-2
Categories: Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > General
Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > General
LSN: 0-415-18041-4
Barcode: 9780415180412

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