Fallibilism democracy and the market : the meta-theoretical foundations of Popper's political philosophy / Calvin Hayes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hayes, Calvin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Popper, Karl R. (Karl Raimund), 1902-1994.

Popper, Karl R.

Physical Description:

xxi, 223 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, [2001]

Summary:

In Fallibilism Democracy and the Market, Calvin Hayes proposes an original solution to the major meta-theoretical issue in moral philosophy, the is-ought problem, then utilizes it to define and/or solve practical problems in both applied ethics and public policy. The solution and its applications are based on a unified theory of rationality applicable to epistemology, ethics and public policy, predicated on a revised Popperian fallibilism. It is intended as a defense of Karl Popper's political philosophy but only after a substantial revision of its theoretical and meta-theoretical basis.

Contents:

Part I Fallibilism and the Mirror of Reason

I Karl Popper's Copernican Revolution 1

II Popper's P-T-A Model of Rationality 9

III The Re-Normalization of Epistemology 21

IV Cosmology, Ontology and Metaphysics 35

V Does "Know" mean "Know"? 49

Part II Popper, Positivism and Politics

VI Karl Popper's Political Philosophy 73

VII How is Moral Criticism Possible? 91

VIII How to Deduce an 'Is' from an 'Ought' 105

IX MacIntyre's Critique of Liberal Individualism 123

Part III Pareto, Plato and Popper's Pta Model of Rationality

X The End of History and the Last Man 143

XI The "Prince" and Popper 159

XII The Family, Property Rights and the State 177.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [203]-216) and index.

ISBN:

0761819967

OCLC:

46353355