Research Catalog

Title

Science and the open society : the future of Karl Popper's philosophy / Mark Amadeus Notturno ; foreword by George Soros.

Author

Notturno, Mark Amadeus.

Publication

New York, N.Y. : Central European University Press, 2000.

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Details

Description

xxvii, 287 pages; 24 cm

Summary

"Science and the Open Society is a clearly argued and easy to read defense of Karl Popper's philosophy by Dr. Mark Notturno, the man whom Popper chose to research and edit his archives. The author argues that Popper's ideas about science and open society are still largely misunderstood in the west, but are now more important than ever in providing inspiration for the people in Central and Eastern Europe and Middle Asia who are struggling to open up their closed societies."--Jacket.

Subjects

• Popper, Karl Raimund, (1902-1994) > Critique et interprétation
• Popper, Karl R (Karl Raimund), 1902-1994
• Sciences > Philosophie
• Science > Social aspects

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

Foreword / George Soros -- The Open Society and Its Enemies: Authority, Community, and Bureaucracy -- Tolerance, Freedom, and Truth: Fallibilism and the Opening of Closed Societies -- Education for an Open Society -- Science and 'The Institution' -- Induction and Demarcation -- Inference and Deference: Authority and the Goals of Critical Thinking -- The Meaning of World 3, or Why Wittgenstein Walked Out -- Popper's Critique of Scientific Socialism, or Carnap and His Co-workers -- Is Freudian Psychoanalytic Theory Really Falsifiable? (and other political questions) -- The Choice between Popper and Kuhn: Truth, Criticism, and The Legacy of Logical Positivism -- Epilogue: What Is To Be Done? or Social(ist) Science, and the Emergence of Post-Communist Communism.

ISBN

• 9639116696
• 9789639116696
• 963911670X
• 9789639116702

LCCN

99462316

OCLC

• ocm43312495
• 43312495
• SCSB-9477090

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library