Rethinking PopperZuzana Parusniková, Robert S. Cohen In September 2007, more than 100 philosophers came to Prague with the determination to approach Karl Popper’s philosophy as a source of inspiration in many areas of our intellectual endeavor. This volume is a result of that effort. Topics cover Popper’s views on rationality, scientific methodology, the evolution of knowledge and democracy; and since Popper’s philosophy has always had a strong interdisciplinary influence, part of the volume discusses the impact of his ideas in such areas as education, economics, psychology, biology, or ethics. The concept of falsification, the problem of demarcation, the ban on induction, or the role of the empirical basis, along with the provocative parallels between historicism, holism and totalitarianism, have always caused controversies. The aim of this volume is not to smooth them but show them as a challenge. In this time when the traditional role of reason in the Western thought is being undermined, Popper’s non-foundationist model ofreason brings the Enlightenment message into a new perspective. Popper believed that the open society was vulnerable, due precisely to its tolerance of otherness. This is a matter of great urgency in the modern world, as cultures based on different values gain prominence. The processes related to the extending of the EU, or the increasing economic globalization also raise questions about openness and democracy. The volume’s aim is to show the vitality of critical rationalism in addressing and responding to the problems of this time and this world. |
Contents
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Critical Rationalism and the Principle of Sufficient Reason | 21 |
Ratio Negativa The Popperian Challenge | 31 |
Why and to What Extent May a False Hypothesis | 47 |
Proof Versus Sound Inference | 63 |
A Problem for Poppers Fallibilism Ladislav Kvasz and Eugen Zelenˇák | 71 |
Why Advocate Pancritical Rationalism? | 81 |
Karl Popper and Hans Albert The Broad Scope | 91 |
Open Society and the European Union | 237 |
Revising the Place of Tarskis Theory | 256 |
Justification and Criticism | 273 |
Poppers Communitarianism | 287 |
Reexamination of Poppers Portrayal of Socrates Herzl Baruch | 305 |
The Moral Underpinnings of Poppers Philosophy 323 | 322 |
Critical Rationalism and Ethics | 339 |
Poppers Insights into the State of Economics | 357 |
ProblemSolving and the Problem of Induction | 103 |
Poppers Fundamental Misdiagnosis | 116 |
Some | 135 |
Popperian Individualism Today | 205 |
Popperian Selectionism and Its Implications for Education | 379 |
The Difficulties with Poppers Nontraditional | 397 |
Further Essays on Critical Rationalism | 417 |