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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Parusniková, Zuzana.

Merritt, David.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Popper, Karl R.

Science--Philosophy.

Science.

Knowledge, Theory of.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (363 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer, 2021.

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

Of all philosophers of the 20th century, few built more bridges between academic disciplines than Karl Popper. He contributed to a wide variety of fields in addition to the epistemology and the theory of scientific method for which he is best known. This book illustrates and evaluates the impact, both substantive and methodological, that Popper has had in the natural and mathematical sciences. The topics selected include quantum mechanics, evolutionary biology, cosmology, mathematical logic, statistics, and cognitive science. The approach is multidisciplinary, opening a dialogue across scientific disciplines and between scientists and philosophers.

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.

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

Other Format:

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

ISBN:

9783030670368

3030670368

OCLC:

1261365373

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