Karl Popper : science and enlightenment /

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By exploring and challenging Karl Popper's philosophy of science, Nicholas Maxwell argues for a revolution in academic inquiry to help humanity make progress towards a better, more civilized and enlightened world.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Maxwell, Nicholas, 1937- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: [London] : UCL Press, [2017]
Subjects:
Popper, Karl R. > (Karl Raimund), > 1902-1994.
Popper, Karl R.
Popper, Karl R. > (Karl Raimund), > 1902-1994
Science > Philosophy.
History of Western philosophy.
Humanities.
Language.
linguistics.
Philosophy of language.
Philosophy.
Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge.
PHILOSOPHY > General.
Science > Philosophy
civilization
reason
karl popper
the enlightenment
science
intellectual revolution
education
Albert Einstein
Alberta Order of Excellence
Empiricism
Falsifiability
Metaphysics
Physicalism
Quantum mechanics
Scientific method
Theoretical physics
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Karl Raimund Popper
  • Popper, Kuhn, Lakatos and aim-oriented empiricism
  • Einstein, aim-oriented empiricism, and the discovery of special and general relativity
  • Non-empirical requirements scientific theories must satisfy : simplicity, unity, explanation, beauty
  • Scientific metaphysics
  • Comprehensibility rather than beauty
  • A mug's game? Solving the problem of induction with metaphysical presuppositions
  • Does probabilism solve the great quantum mystery?
  • Science, reason, knowledge and wisdom : a critique of specialism
  • Karl Popper and the enlightenment programme.

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