Karl Popper's science and philosophy / Zuzana Parusniková, David Merritt, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Parusniková, Zuzana.

Merritt, David

ProQuest ebook central.

Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Popper, Karl R.

Science--Philosophy.

Science.

Knowledge, Theory of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (363 pages)

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer, 2021.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Intro

Preface

Contents

Contributors

Karl Popper: His Philosophy and Science

1 Knowledge and Criticism

1.1 The Dangers of Dogmatism

1.2 Criticism Needs a Boost

2 From Demarcation to a New Concept of Reason

2.1 Basic Statements

2.2 Corroboration

3 The Popperian Challenge

3.1 Anti-Justificationist Extremism

3.2 Scientific Practice

3.3 New Concept of Reason

References

Physics and Cosmology

Popper and the Quantum Controversy

1 Introduction

2 Popper and Quantum Mechanics

2.1 Popper's Early Concerns with Quantum Theory (1934)

2.2 The Turning Point: From Philosophy to Physics (Ca. 1967-1968)

2.3 The Mature View: Popper's Experiment (The 1980s)

3 Epilogue: Popper's Legacy in Quantum Physics

3.1 Kim and Shih, and the Real Popper Experiment

3.2 Popper's Ideas in Contemporary Physics: The Revival of Indeterminism

Popper's Experiment

Karl Popper and Modern Cosmology: His Thoughts and Their Impact

2 Popper on Cosmology

2.1 Einstein's Influence on Popper

2.2 Does the Universe Expand?

2.3 Finite-Age Cosmological Models

2.4 Against the Big Bang

3 Cosmologists on Popper

3.1 The Steady-State Controversy: Bondi and Popper

3.2 Falsifiability in Modern Cosmology

3.3 The Multiverse: Physics or Metaphysics?

3.4 According to Popper

4 Conclusion

MOND and Methodology

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The Application of Popperian Methodology to Contemporary Cosmology

2 Metaphysical Research Programmes

2.1 Popper's Use of the Term "Metaphysical"

3 Metaphysical Ideas in Contemporary Cosmology

3.1 The Cosmological Principle as a Constituent of a MRP

2.5 Confirmation for General Proposition

3 Confidence as an Alternative to Logical Probability

3.1 Confidence Resolution of Induction Problem

4 Extended Likelihood as Objective Logical Probability

4.1 Postulate of Ignorance

5 Confirmation Problems

5.1 Bayesian Reasoning in the Conjunction Fallacy

5.2 Likelihood Reasoning in the Conjunction Fallacy

6 Prosecutor's Fallacy

7 Traces of Likelihood-Based Learning in Infants

8 Discussion

Popper on Quantification and Identity

2 The Genesis of Popper's Ideas on Logic

3.2 The Standard Model of Cosmology (CDM) as a Metaphysical Research Programme

4 Beyond Popper

4.1 A Brief Outline of MOND

4.2 The Correspondence Principle and MOND

4.3 Truthlikeness: ΛCDM Versus MOND

5 Conclusions

Statistical Testing and Logic

Popper's Falsification and Corroboration from the Statistical Perspectives

2 Probability-Based Reasoning for Inductive Inference

2.1 The Logical Probability of Pascal

2.2 Bayesian and Fisher's Logical Probabilities

2.3 Laplace's Solution to the Sunrise Problem

2.4 Jeffreys's Resolution

Notes:

3 Inferential Definitions.

Includes index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed August 9, 2021).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Parusniková, Zuzana Karl Popper's Science and Philosophy

ISBN:

9783030670368

3030670368

Publisher Number:

99988101644

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