Popper : philosophy, politics, and scientific method /

With this volume, Geoffrey Stokes discusses Popper's early philosophy of politics, science and social science, as well as his later philosophy, which offers an evolutionary account of human nature and the growth of knowledge.

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Main Author: Stokes, Geoff, 1949-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity Press, 1998.
Series:Key contemporary thinkers (Cambridge, England)
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction: Politics, Epistemology and Methodology
  • 2. Popper's Project: Problem and Method
  • 3. Methodological Falsificationism and its Critics
  • 4. The Politics of Critical Rationalism
  • 5. Philosophy and Methodology of Social Science
  • 6. Metaphysics and Freedom
  • 7. Evolutionary Epistemology
  • 8. Critical Rationalism and Critical Theory
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index.