Ebook: Popper's Legacy: Rethinking Politics, Economics and Science
Author: Popper Karl Raimund, Sassower Raphael
- Tags: Electronic books, Criticism interpretation etc, Popper Karl R. -- (Karl Raimund) -- 1902-1994 -- Criticism and interpretation, Popper Karl R. -- (Karl Raimund) -- 1902-1994
- Year: 2014
- Publisher: Taylor and Francis
- City: Hoboken
- Language: English
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The work of Karl Popper has had extraordinary influence across the fields of scientific and social thought. Widely regarded as one of the greatest philosophers of science of the twentieth century, he was also a highly influential social and political philosopher, a proponent and defender of the ""open society"". ""Popper's Legacy"" examines Popper in the round, analysing in particular his moral and psychological insights. Once Popper's scientific legacy is couched in political and moral terms, it becomes apparent that his concern for individual autonomy does not come at the expense of institut.;Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Original Title; Original Copyright; Introduction; 1 The open society as liberty; A brief survey; Critical reception; Scientific methodology as social practice; Critical rationalism; 2 Capitalism as economic equality and freedom; Historical context; Political economy as economic theory and political agenda; Popper's own concerns with economic theory; Contemporary uses and misuses of Popper's ideas; 3 Methodology as applied to individualism; Individualism as method and practice: positivism and sociology.
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