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Karl Popper: Philosophy and Problems

Anthony O’Hear

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Introduction Anthony O'Hear 1. Popper, science and rationality W. H. Newton-Smith 2. Popper and reliabilism Peter Lipton 3. The problem of empirical basis E. G. Zahar 4. 'Revolution in permanence': Popper on theory-change in science John Worrall 5. Popper's contribution to the philosophy of probability Donald Gillies 6. Propensities and indeterminism David Miller 7. Popper on determinism Peter Clark 8. Popper and the quantum theory Michael Redhead 9. The uses of Karl Popper Gunther Wachtershauser 10. Popper and Darwinism John Watkins 11. Popper and the scepticism of evolutionary epistemology, or, what were human beings made for? Michael Smithurst 12. Does Popper explain historical explanation? Kenneth Minogue 13. The grounds for anti-historicism Graham MacDonald 14. What use is Popper to a politician? Bryan Magee 15. Ethical foundations of Popper's philosophy Hubert Kieswetter Index.

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Key concepts: Critical rationalism, Karl popper, Philosophy, Historicism, Skepticism, Epistemology, Philosophy of science, Indeterminism