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Popper, objectivity and the growth of knowledge / John H. Sceski.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sceski, John H.
- Series:
- Continuum studies in British philosophy.
- Continuum studies in British philosophy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Objectivity.
- Science--Methodology.
- Science.
- Cosmology.
- Popper, Karl R. (Karl Raimund), 1902-1994.
- Popper, Karl R.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (175 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Continuum, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- John H. Sceski argues that Karl Popper's philosophy offers a radical treatment of objectivity that can reconcile freedom and progress in a manner that preserves the best elements of the Enlightenment tradition. His book traces the development of Popper's account of objectivity by examining his original contributions to key issues in the philosophy of science. Popper's early confrontation with logical positivism, his rarely discussed four-fold treatment of the problem of induction, and his theory of propensities and evolutionary epistemology are linked in a novel way to produce a coherent and p
- Contents:
- Scientific method and objectivity
- Cosmology and propensities
- An objective social order : politics and ethics.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-155) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613122445
- 9781283122443
- 1283122448
- 9781441120199
- 144112019X
- OCLC:
- 727649591
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