Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge - Couverture rigide

Popper, Sir Karl

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0710065078 ISBN 13 : 9780710065070

Editeur : Basic Books (AZ), 1963

Synopsis

xiii 431p large hardback, black cloth, red dustjacket, index, this copy has suffers a blunt impact to bottom left and top right, this has distorted the bottom of the spine, creased lower boards, inner hinge tearing, pages showing crease thoughout, but all the words are still well in place, poor copy

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Conjectures and Refutations is one of Karl Popper's most wide-ranging and popular works, notable not only for its acute insight into the way scientific knowledge grows, but also for applying those insights to politics and to history. It provides one of the clearest and most accessible statements of the fundamental idea that guided his work: not only our knowledge, but our aims and our standards, grow through an unending process of trial and error. Popper brilliantly demonstrates how knowledge grows by guesses or conjectures and tentative solutions, which must then be subjected to critical tests. Although they may survive any number of tests, our conjectures remain conjectures, they can never be established as true. What makes Conjectures and Refutations such an enduring book is that Popper goes on to apply this bold theory of the growth of knowledge to a fascinating range of important problems, including the role of tradition, the origin of the scientific method, the demarcation between science and metaphysics, the body-mind problem, the way we use language, how we understand history, and the dangers of public opinion. Throughout the book, Popper stresses the importance of our ability to learn from our mistakes. Conjectures and Refutations is essential reading, and a book to be returned to again and again.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Conjectures and Refutations is one of Karl Popper's most wide-ranging and popular works, notable not only for its acute insight into the way scientific knowledge grows, but also for applying those insights to politics and to history. It provides one of the clearest and most accessible statements of the fundamental idea that guided his work: not only our knowledge, but our aims and our standards, grow through an unending process of trial and error.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Basic Books (AZ)
• Date d'édition: 1963
• ISBN 10: 0710065078
• ISBN 13: 9780710065070
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 3
• Nombre de pages: 439