Popper's Legacy: Rethinking Politics, Economics and Science - Couverture rigide

Sassower, Raphael

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1844650669 ISBN 13 : 9781844650668

Editeur : Acumen Publishing Ltd, 2006

Synopsis

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 institutional guidelines and social conventions. Instead, these guidelines turn out to be essential sanctions for individual freedom. Popper envisions the conduct of the scientific community as paralleling the conduct of any democratically established community. Critical rationality guides the words and actions of all participants and leadership can be replaced without violence. In presenting a critical overview, "Popper's Legacy" reveals the debt many intellectual movements - such as Marxism, feminism, and postmodernism - still owe to Popper.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Raphael Sassower is Professor and Chair of Philosophy at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Acumen Publishing Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1844650669
• ISBN 13: 9781844650668
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible