Cultural Studies

Karl R. Popper

Gesammelte Werke in deutscher Sprache

Band 8: Das offene Universum
Hrsg. von W.W. Bartley III, Übers. v. Eva Schiffer

[The Open Universe. An Argument for Indeterminism from the Postscript to The Logic of Scientific Discovery.
By Karl R. Popper. Edited by W.W. Bartley III, translated by Eva Schiffer.]

2001. XIV, 204 pages.
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This is the translation of the second volume of Karl Popper's postscript to The Logic of Scientific Discovery, and contains the core of Popper's argumentation. He contends that human rationality is, as far as criticism is concerned, infinite. It is however finite in its deduction of predictions. Popper shows that both infiniteness and finiteness are necessary in their field in order for human rationality to exist.
This is the translation of the second volume of Karl Popper's postscript to The Logic of Scientific Discovery, and contains the core of Popper's argumentation. He contends that human rationality is, as far as criticism is concerned, infinite. It is however finite in its deduction of predictions. Popper shows that both infiniteness and finiteness are necessary in their field in order for human rationality to exist.
Authors/Editors

Karl R. Popper (1902–1994) 1928 Dr.phil.; 1948 D.Litt. an der Universität London; bis 1945 Senior Lecturer an der University of New Zealand; 1945–49 Reader; 1949–69 Professor of Logic and Scientific Method an der London School of Economics and Political Science; 1969 Emeritierung. Sir Karl Popper war mehrfacher Ehrendoktor und Träger hoher Auszeichnungen, zuletzt der Otto Hahn-Friedensmedaille der Vereinten Nationen.

William W. (III.) Bartley (1934–1990) war ein amerikanischer Philosoph, der sich auf die Philosophie des 20. Jahrhunderts, Sprache und Logik sowie den Wiener Kreis spezialisiert hatte.

Eva Schiffer No current data available.

Reviews

The following reviews are known:

In: Philosophischer Literaturanzeiger — Bd.58 (2005), H.2, S.187ff (Reinhold Breil)
In: FAZ — 2.Juli 2001, Nr.150, S. 49 (Gey)
In: NIN — Www.nin.co.yu/2002–03/14/22346.htm (Z. Andric)
In: Anuario Filosofico — 2001, Nr.3 (Nur Bibliographie)
In: Information Philosophie — 2004, H.2, S.60ff
In: Dialogo Filosofico — Jg. 51 (2001), H.17, S. 570f
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